Timberlake Plantation Co. v. County of Lexington

Harwell, Chief Justice:

This is a declaratory judgment action in which the Court of Appeals held that a cable television company’s contract to become the exclusive provider of cable service to a residential development effectively created a monopoly, thereby inhibit*558ing competition in violation of section 601 of the Federal Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984, 47 U.S.C. § 521 (1991). Timberlake Plantation Co. v. County of Lexington, — S.C. —, 415 S.E. (2d) 824 (Ct. App. 1992). We granted certiorari and affirm as modified.

I. FACTS

Timberlake Plantation Company (Timberlake) is the developer of…