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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 15 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Margaret Scott v. Sears, Roebuck & Company.

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1 Margaret Scott v. Sears, Roebuck & Company Anchor
ca4 · 1986
green “rule 702 makes inadmissible expert testimony as to a matter which obviously is within the common knowledge of jurors because such testimony, almost by definition, can be of no assistance.” 12
2 United States v. Douglas Fred Dorsey
ca4 · 1995
green “is something that can sufficiently be done by the jury without help from an expert.” 3

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