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| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law |
| Title: | UTAH v. EVANS |
| Date: | 06/20/02 |
| Case Number: | 01-714 |
| Summary: | The Census Bureau's use of "hot-deck imputation" in a population count, giving the state of Utah one less Congressional representative than if the Bureau had filled information gaps with zero counts, does not constitute impermissible "sampling" under 13 U.S.C. section 195, which requires a decennial census, and does not violate the Constitution's Census Clause. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Administrative Law, Transportation, Government Law |
| Title: | CITY OF COLUMBUS v. OURS GARAGE & WRECKER SERV., INC. |
| Date: | 06/20/02 |
| Case Number: | 01-419 |
| Summary: | 49 U.S.C. section 14501(c), which preempts prescriptions by a state related to a price, route, or service of any motor carrier with respect to the transportation of property, does not bar a state from delegating to municipalities and other local units the state's authority to establish safety regulations governing motor carriers of property, including tow trucks. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Constitutional Law, Government Law |
| Title: | CHRISTOPHER v. HARBURY |
| Date: | 06/20/02 |
| Case Number: | 01-394 |
| Summary: | A claim by a woman, whose husband was allegedly killed by Guatemalan officers paid by the CIA, did not state a cause of action for constitutional denial of judicial access based on the government's alleged concealment of information regarding the incident, where the underlying cause of action and remedy compromised were not identified. |