ECHOSTAR SATELLITE L.L.C. v. F.C.C.

No. 04-1304.

457 F.3d 31 (2006)

ECHOSTAR SATELLITE L.L.C., Petitioner v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents National Association of Broadcasters, et al., Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 25, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pantelis Michalopoulos argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Rhonda M. Bolton and John D. Clopper.

Joel Marcus, Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Thomas O. Barnett, Acting Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Robert B. Nicholson and Robert J. Wiggers, Attorneys, Samuel L. Feder, General Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, and Daniel M. Armstrong, Associate General Counsel. John A. Rogovin, Attorney, entered an appearance.

Thomas P. Olson argued the cause and filed the brief for intervenors National Association of Broadcasters, et al.

Before: GINSBURG, Chief Judge, and SENTELLE, Circuit Judge, and WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge.


GINSBURG, Chief Judge.

EchoStar Satellite L.L.C., a provider of direct-to-the-home satellite television service, petitions for review of two orders in which the Federal Communications Commission adopted an improved version of its Individual Location Longley-Rice (ILLR) model for predicting the strength of broadcast television signals. In response to congressional directives in § 1008 of the Satellite Home Viewer Improvement...

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