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Desmond Banks v. CoStar Realty Information, Inc. — 8th Cir. (Sep 23, 2026)

No. 25-3320 Argued September 23, 2026 Published September 26, 2026

An apartment search becomes a video-privacy lawsuit. Desmond Banks says he watched prerecorded apartment tours on Apartments.com while a tracking code called Meta Pixel sent Facebook details of his viewing. He sued the site's operator, CoStar, under the Video Privacy Protection Act, which restricts certain disclosures of a video customer's identifying information. A Missouri federal judge dismissed the suit: CoStar was not a covered video-service provider, Banks was not a covered consumer, and the alleged data did not identify him as the law requires. Banks appeals. The central fight is whether apartment-tour videos make CoStar a business that delivers prerecorded audiovisual material, and whether opening a free account makes Banks a statutory subscriber. The judges also compare a recent ruling about free movie trailers.

Desmond Banks v. CoStar Realty Information, Inc. (No. 25-3320) — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, argued September 23, 2026.

Sources
Argument audio — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (public domain, 17 U.S.C. § 105):https://media-oa.ca8.uscourts.gov/OAaudio/2026/9/253320.mp3
Argument listing and date — Eighth Circuit:https://ecf.ca8.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/sessions.pl?yymm=202609&getOA=Select
Eastern District of Missouri dismissal order:https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-moed-4_25-cv-00564/pdf/USCOURTS-moed-4_25-cv-00564-0.pdf
Eighth Circuit appellate docket and counsel:https://dockets.justia.com/docket/circuit-courts/ca8/25-3320
Video Privacy Protection Act, 18 U.S.C. § 2710:https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?edition=2023&req=granuleid%3AUSC-2023-title18-chapter121
Christopherson v. Cinema Entertainment — Eighth Circuit:https://ecf.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/25/12/243042P.pdf
Jordan Frysinger — McGuire Law:https://www.mcgpc.com/jordan-frysinger
Bonnie DelGobbo — BakerHostetler:https://www.bakerlaw.com/professionals/bonnie-keane-delgobbo/

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