 On January 14, 2014, the DC Circuit Court determined in the case of "Verizon Communications Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission" that the FCC had no authority to enforce network neutrality rules as long as service providers were not identified as "common carriers".The court agreed that FCC can regulate broadband and may craft more specific rules that stop short of identifying service providers as common carriers.As a response to the DC Circuit Court's decision, a dispute developed as to whether net neutrality could be guaranteed under existing law, or if reclassification of ISPs was needed to ensure net neutrality.