The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals blasted the FCC's attempts to regulate broadband internet, but state laws in California and New York remain intact.

The court's ruling cites the US Supreme Court's Loper Bright decision this past June, which overturned a 1984 precedent that gave deference to federal agencies to interpret laws in areas they oversee. The ruling doesn't affect state laws on net neutrality in California, Colorado and Washington, The New York Times noted.

After nearly two decades of fighting, the battle over regulations that treat broadband providers as utilities came to an end on Thursday.