U.S. Department of Commerce, et al.
Appellants
Seth P. Waxman, Solicitor GeneralThe U.S. Department of Commerce, Commerce Secretary William M. Daley, the Bureau of the Census, and Acting Director of the Census Bureau James F. Holmes are appealing the lower-court ruling barring statistical sampling in the census. Mr. Waxman was nominated to be Solicitor General by President Clinton on September 17, 1997, and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in November. Named Assistant Solicitor General in October 1996, he had been Acting Solicitor General since September 1, 1997. From April through July 1997, he was also Acting Deputy Attorney General. He served as Associate Deputy Attorney General from…
