Legal Opinion
United States House of Representatives v. United States Department of Commerce
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided August 24, 1998No. Civ.A. 98-0456PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
LAMBERTH, District Judge.
Plaintiff, the United States House of Representatives, seeks summary judgment against the Department of Commerce and the Bureau of the Census (“defendants”) in this action challenging defendants’ plan for the 2000 census. Plaintiff claims that using statistical sampling to supplement the headcount enumeration used to apportion representatives among the states violates the Census Act, 13 U.S.C. § 1 eí seq., and Article I, section 2, clause 3 of the Constitution. The House seeks a declaration that statistical sampling is unlawful and/or…
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