Opinion ID: 77316
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Use of Interference

Text: 39 EchoStar also objects to the district court's conclusion that the use of interference in the ILLR model was improper after May 2000. We agree with the district court's resolution of this issue. As the court noted, in May 2000, the FCC issued a First Report and Order that made modifications to the ILLR model and provided a step-by-step cookbook describing how the model was supposed to be run. A prior cookbook had included interference, but the May 2000 and July 2002 cookbooks specifically and clearly omitted it. After the SHVIA amendment, the Act permits use of the ILLR model set forth by the [FCC] ..., as that model may be amended by the Commission ... to increase the accuracy of that model. 17 U.S.C. § 119(a)(2)(B)(ii)(I). 27 Accordingly, the use of any ILLR method that does not comply with the specific procedures the FCC establishes for the model cannot be said to conform to the Act's requirements. Therefore, because EchoStar's model included interference and thereby did not conform to the FCC's specifications, it did not comply with the Act and the district court could have determined that the non-compliant model provided no presumptive evidence of eligibility. 40