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It affects how telecom companies recover money under FCC rules."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 26, lines 15-1","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2006/05-705.pdf","page_label":"file page 26, lines 15-1"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 17-27","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2006/05-705.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 17-27"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 43, lines 9-37","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2006/05-705.pdf","page_label":"file page 43, lines 9-37"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 53, lines 29-9","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2006/05-705.pdf","page_label":"file page 53, lines 29-9"}]},{"heading":"What happens next","paragraphs":["This article currently covers the argument record. 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