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"statistical evidence derived from an extremely small universe ... has little predictive value and must be disregarded"
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Cited as authority (quoted)
Oliver v. Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone Co.
statistics are not trustworthy when minor numerical variations produce significant percentage fluctuations
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25 Fair empl.prac.cas. 866, 29 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1045, 25 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 31,728, 27 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 32,182 Oscar E. Contreras, Eloy Gonzalez, Maria Gonzalez, Sam Mock, Jr., Joseph M. Pantiga and Salvador A. Zavala v. The City of Los Angeles, a Municipal Corporation Muriel Morse, in Her Official Capacity as General Manager of the City of Los Angeles Personnel Department
statistical evidence derived from an extremely small universe ... has little predictive value and must be disregarded
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United States v. Frederick Ines Gordon, United States of America v. Edward Loeswick
See United States v. Hermosillo-Nanez, 545 F.2d 1230, 1232 (9th Cir.1976), cert. denied, 429 U.S. 1050 , 97 S.Ct. 763 , 50 L.Ed.2d 767 (1977).
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Theresa Elizabeth PEREZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Christopher Frank CURCIO, Et Al., Defendants-Appellees
See Morita v. Southern California Permanente Medical Group, 541 F.2d 217, 220 (9th Cir.1976), cert. denied, 429 U.S. 1050 , 97 S.Ct. 761 , 50 L.Ed.2d 765 (1977).
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Lois E. KNUTSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. the BOEING COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee
See Morita v. Southern California Permanente Medical Group, 541 F.2d 217, 219 (9th Cir. 1976), cert. denied, 429 U.S. 1050 , 97 S.Ct. 761 , 50 L.Ed.2d 765 (1977).
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United States v. Jeffrey R. MacDonald
See United States v. McGrath, 622 F.2d 36, 40-41 (2d Cir. 1980). 12 That this period between 1970 and 1975 when the defendant was free of any legal accusation of any kind is not to be counted in computing "length of time" is clearly established in the opinion of Judge McCree in United States v. Martin, 543 F.2d 577 (6th Cir. 1976), cert. denied, 429 U.S. 1050 , 97 S.Ct. 762 , 50 L.Ed.2d 766 (1977); in fact, it can be argued that the entire period of time between the filing of the first indictment and its dismissal was thought by the Court in that case to be outside the period to be considered …
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Cornelia WARD, Appellant, v. WESTLAND PLASTICS, INC., Et Al., Appellees
See Morita v. Southern California Permanente Medical Group, 541 F.2d 217, 219-20 (9th Cir. 1976), cert. denied, 429 U.S. 1050 , 97 S.Ct. 761 , 50 L.Ed.2d 765 (1977); White v. City of San Diego, 605 F.2d 455, 459-61 (9th Cir. 1979).
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United States v. Patrick G. Henry
See United States v. Martin, 543 F.2d 577 (6th Cir. 1976), cert. denied, 429 U.S. 1050 , 97 S.Ct. 762 , 50 L.Ed.2d 766 (1977) (charges originally filed were dismissed and defendant later indicted).
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Cited "see, e.g."
State v. Hall
(2×)
Id.; see also State v. Phifer, 290 N.C. 203 , 225 S.E.2d 786 (1976), cert. denied sub nom., Lawrence v. North Carolina, 429 U.S. 1050 , 97 S.Ct. 761 , 50 L.Ed.2d 766 (1977), and cert. denied, Phifer v. North Carolina, 429 U.S. 1123 , 97 S.Ct. 1160 , 51 L.Ed.2d 573 (1977).
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Cited "see, e.g."
Joy Rogers Thomas v. Metroflight, Inc., D/B/A Metro Airlines, Inc.
See also Morita v. Southern California Permanente Medical Group, 541 F.2d 217, 220 (9th Cir.1976) (sample of eight too small), cert. denied, 429 U.S. 1050 , 97 S.Ct. 761 , 50 L.Ed.2d 765 (1977); Robinson v. City of Dallas, 514 F.2d 1271, 1273 (5th Cir.1975) (sample of twelve too small).
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Hershel CLADY, Et Al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, Defendant-Appellee
Contreras, 656 F.2d at 1273 n. 4 (statistics untrustworthy when minor numerical variations produce significant percentage fluctuations); see also Morita v. Southern California Permanente Medical Group, 541 F.2d 217, 220 (9th Cir.1976), cert. denied, 429 U.S. 1050 , 97 S.Ct. 761 , 50 L.Ed.2d 765 (1977) (statistical evidence derived from small universe has little predictive value and must be disregarded).
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Cited "see, e.g."
Contreras v. City of Los Angeles
See also Morita v. Southern California Permanente Medical Group, 541 F.2d 217, 220 (9th Cir.1976), cert. denied, 429 U.S. 1050 , 97 S.Ct. 761 , 50 L.Ed.2d 765 (1977) (“statistical evidence derived from an extremely small universe . . . has little predictive value and must be disregarded”); Johnson v. Shreveport Garment Co., 422 F.Supp. 526 , 539—40 (W.D.La.1976), aff’d, 577 F.2d 1132 (5th Cir. 1978).
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State v. Whitingham School Board
Compare Morita v. Southern California Permanente Medical Group, 541 F.2d 217, 220 (9th Cir. 1976), cert. denied, 429 U.S. 1050 (1977) (sample of eight insignificant) with International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. United States, 431 U.S. 324, 337, 339-40 (1977) (pervasive statistical disparity decisive, sample 6,472).
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Knight v. Father Flanagan's Boys' Home
Wright v. Stone Container Corp., 524 F.2d 1058, 1063 (8th Cir. 1975); see also Morita v. Southern California Permanente Medical Group, 541 F.2d 217 (9th Cir. 1976), cert. denied, 429 U.S. 1050 , 97 S.Ct. 761 , 50 L.Ed.2d 765 (1977).
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Staggers
v.
United States
v.
United States
No. 76-5706.
Supreme Court of the United States.
Jan 10, 1977.
Published
Citer courts: Ninth Circuit (1) · Washington Supreme Court (1)
C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.