Dec. 2, 1998

Justices Urged to Allow Sampling as A Quality Check

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Census Bureau should be able to use statistical sampling as a "quality check" on the traditional head count in the year-2000 census, the Clinton administration argued Monday before the U.S. Supreme Court in an attempt to convince the justices to overturn two lower court decisions declaring the administration's sampling plan illegal for the purpose of determining the number of congressional seats allocated each state.