Mealey's (August 6, 2018, 1:56 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In an Aug. 2 brief, the Federal Communications Commission asks the U.S. Supreme Court to deny seven petitions for certiorari appealing a District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ ruling upholding a 2015 FCC order reclassifying broadband internet service as a telecommunications service, arguing that a superseding FCC order that reversed the reclassifications mooted the petitions (Daniel Berninger v. Federal Communications Commission, et al., No. 17-498, AT&T Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, et al., No. 17-499, American Cable Association v. Federal Communications Commission, et al., No. 17-500; CTIA—The Wireless Association v. Federal Communications Commission, et al., No. 17-501; NCTA—The Internet and Television Association v. Federal Communications Commission, et al., No. 17-502; TechFreedom, et al. v. Federal Communications Commission, et al., No. 17-503; United States Telecom Association, et al. v. Federal Communications Commission, et al., No. 17-504; U.S. Sup.)....