Legal Opinion
National Cable & Telecommunications Ass'n v. Federal Communications Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 26, 2009No. 08-1016, 08-1017PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TATEL, Circuit Judge.
Finding that exclusivity agreements between cable companies and owners of apartment buildings and other multi-unit developments have an anti-competitive effect on the cable market, the Federal Communications Commission banned such contracts. The Commission believes that these deals — which involve a cable company exchanging a valuable service like wiring a building for the exclusive right to provide service to the residents — may be regulated under section 628 of the Communications Act as cable company practices that significantly impair the ability of their competitors…
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