Lansdowne on the Potomac Homeowners Ass'n v. OpenBand at Lansdowne, LLC

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• stating that the hardship prong is analyzed by considering the immediacy of any threat and the burden imposed on a plaintiff
• holding that a homeowners association established the second element of the standing inquiry where “[t]he record is replete with evidence that [the provider’s] exclusivity arrangement caused competing cable providers not to offer [the homeowners association] their services”
• finding that Congress’s decision not to incorporate the APA definition for “order” into the Communication Act “shows that it did not intend for the APA’s limited definition of that term to apply here”
• stating the FCC’s Exclusivity Order provided that “[n]o cable operator … shall enforce or execute any provision in a contract that grants it the exclusive right to provide any video programming service”
• stating the FCC’s Exclusivity Order provided that “[n]o cable operator … shall enforce or execute any provision in a contract that grants it the exclusive right to provide any video programming service”
• relying on record evidence establishing that exclusivity arrangement 31 USCA4 Appeal: 25-1004 Doc: 46 Filed: 03/24/2026 Pg: 32 of 33 caused competing cable providers to not offer services to homeowners’ association to hold that plaintiff established traceability

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