US Supreme Court to weigh FCC’s power to fine wireless carriers

WASHINGTON: The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear a dispute involving fines imposed by the Federal Communications Commission ⁠on major U.S. wireless carriers for sharing customer location data without consent in the latest case to reach the justices challenging the powers of a U.S. regulatory agency.

The legal fight concerns whether the FCC’s pursuit of tens of millions of dollars in penalties ‌against carriers such ‌as Verizon Communications and AT&T – before the accused companies had their day in court – exceeded the federal agency’s authority under the U.S. Constitution.