Topic: relaxes the traditional barriers to opinion testimony · Go Syfert
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4 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 14 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 Walter L. Gross, Jr. And Barbara H. Gross (99-2239) Calvin C. Linnemann and Patricia G. Linnemann (99-2257) v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue.

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1 Walter L. Gross, Jr. And Barbara H. Gross (99-2239) Calvin C. Linnemann and Patricia G. Linnemann (99-2257) v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Anchor
ca6 · 2001
green “relaxes the traditional barriers to opinion testimony” 5
2 Pluck v. BP Oil Pipeline Co.
ca6 · 2011
green “(1) whether the theory or technique can be or has been tested; (2) whether it 'has been subjected to peer review and publication'; (3) whether there is a 'known or potential rate of error'; and (4) whether the theory or technique enjoys general acceptance in the relevant scienti…” 3
3 Pluck v. BP Oil Pipeline Co.
ca6 · 2011
green “although there is no 'definitive checklist or test' to strike the balance 'between a liberal admissibility standard for relevant evidence ... and the need to exclude misleading junk science', the daubert court set forth factors relevant to the inquiry: (1) whether the theory or …” 3
4 Zuzula v. ABB POWER T & D CO., INC.
mied · 2003
green “rejection of expert testimony is the exception, rather than the rule, and the court will generally permit testimony based on allegedly erroneous facts when there is some support for those facts in the record.” 3

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