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Cooper v. Charter Communications Entertainments I, LLC
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (2014) | 760 F.3d 103; 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 14003; 2014 WL 3623594
TL;DR: Customers sued a cable company for service outage credits. The court found they couldn't sue as third-party beneficiaries of the company's municipal license but could pursue claims under a state consumer protection statute.
Legal Significance: This case clarifies that while consumers may not be third-party beneficiaries to government contracts with specific enforcement mechanisms, failure to adhere to statutorily mandated service obligations can still constitute an unfair trade practice.