Senate Of The State Of California v. Mosbacher

968 F.2d 974 SENATE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, David Roberti, Milton Marks, Stewart Kwoh, Lillian Mobley, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Robert A. MOSBACHER, United States Department of Commerce, Barbara Everitt Bryant; Bureau of the Census, Defendants-Appellants. No. 91-55887. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 4, 1992. Decided July 6, 1992. Michael S. Raab, U.S.Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellants. Robert B. Broadbelt, Michael J. Olecki, Browne & Woods, Beverly Hills, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellees. Richard H. Borrow and Jonathan Steinberg, Irell & Manella, Los Angeles, Cal., for amicus. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before: PREGERSON, BRUNETTI, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges. FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judge: 1 The Senate of the State of California, individual state senators, and residents of California (collectively the Senate) brought this action against the Secretary of Commerce (the Secretary). The Senate sought to compel the Secretary to release tapes which contain adjusted census calculations for California. The district court issued a preliminary injunction…