U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENT. v. U.S. DEPT. OF COMMERCE

No. Civ.A. 98-0456.

11 F.Supp.2d 76 (1998)

UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, et al., Defendants, and Richard A. Gephardt, et al.; Legislature of the State of California, et al.; City of Los Angeles, et al.; National Korean American Service & Education Consortium, Inc., et al., Intervenor-Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

August 24, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maureen Ellen Mahoney, Nandan M. Joshi, Richard Bress, Latham & Watkins, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff.

Thomas William Millet, IV, U.S. Department Of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, DC, for Defendants Dept. of Commerce, William M. Daley, Bureau of Census.

Karen Mary Wahle, O'Melveny & Myers, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Intervenor-Defendants City of San Bernadino, Cal., Carolyn Member of U.S. House of Representatives, Loretta Sanchez, Movants City of Los Angeles, City of New York, City of Chicago, City and County of San Francisco, Cal., Miami-Dade County, City of Inglewood, City of Houston, Tex., City of San Antonio, Tex., City of San Jose, Cal., City of Stamford, Conn., City of Cudahy, City of Santa Clara County of Alameda, County of Riverside, State of New Mexico, U.S. Conference of Mayors, League of Women Voters of Los Angeles, Christopher Shays, Tom Sawyer, Rod Blagojevich, Bobby Rush, Luis Guitierrez, John Conyers, Jr., Jose Serrano, Cynthia McKinney, Charles Rangel, Howard Berman, Xavier Beccera, Julian Dixon, Henry Waxman, Maxine Waters, Esteban Torres, Sheila Jackson Lee, City of Detroit, City of Bell, City of Gardena, City of Huntington Park, Robert Mendenez, Ed Pastor, Silvestre Reyes, Ciro Rodriguez, Carlos Romero-Barcelo.

Jessica F. Heinz, James K. Hahn, Moses Silverman, Victoria W. Ni, Diane Knox, Kathleen Purcell, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison,New York, NY, Michael Edward Veve, Lasa, Monroig & Veve, Washington, DC, for Intervenor-Defendant Chayo a resident of Tex, Movants Organization of Chinese Americans, Los Angeles, California Chapter, Search to Involve Philipino Americans, Inc., United Cambodian Community, Inc., League of United Latin American Citizens, California League of United Latin American Citizens, Nat. Ass'n of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials, Inc., Members of East Los Angeles, Hee-Sook Kim, Michael Balaoing, Alvin Parra.

Jerome Charles Schaefer, William Joseph Butler, Jr., O'brien, Birney & Butler, Washington, DC, for Amicus American Statistical Ass'n.

Richard A. Samp, Washington Legal Foundation, Washington, DC, for amicus Washington Legal Foundation, Allied Educ. Foundation, American Conservative Union, Amer for Tax Reform, Ass'n of American Physicians and Surgeons, Inc., Citizens for Judicial Reform, Citizens United Foundation, Coalition of Virgina Taxpayers, English First, Freedom in Medicine Foundation, Independence Institute, Independent Women's Forum, Islamic Institute, Law Enforcement Alliance, Local Government Council, New Jersey Citizens for Tax Reform, Patrick Pizzella, Policy Analysis Center, Dan Racheter, 60 Plus Ass'n, South Carolina Policy, Council Educ. Foundation, Toward Tradition, U.S. Border Patrol, Women For Tax Reform.

Peter C. Anderson, Wisconsin Department Of Justice, Madison, WI, for State of Wis.

Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., Paul March Smith, Jenner & Block, Washington, DC, J. Gerald Hebert, Alexandria, VA, for Movants Danny K. Davis, Lucille Roybal-Allard, Juanita Millender-McDonald, Louise M. Slaughter, Bennie G. Thompson.

Karen Mary Wahle, O'melveny & Myers, L.L.P., Washington, DC,

Michael Edward Veve, Lasa, Monroig & Veve, Washington, DC, for Movants Sovann Tith, Johnny M. Rodriguez, Gilberto Flores.

Donald R. Dinan, O'connor & Hannan, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Movant DC Democratic State Committee.

Edward Still, Lawyers' Committee For Civil Rights, Washington, DC, for Movants Jerome Gray, Sherman Norfleet, Gwendolyn Patton, Isaiah Sumbry, Diane Wilkerson.

Mary Lou Soller, Miller & Chevalier, Chartered, Washington, DC, for Movants Legislature of State of Cal., Cal. Senate, John Charles Burton, Cal. Assembly, Antonio Villaraigosa.


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...

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