United States v. Cooper’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3432
Relies on Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · United States v. Bagley · United States v. Agurs · Davis v. Alaska · Kumho Tire Company, Ltd., et al. v. Patrick Carmichael, Etc., et al.
Most-quoted passages
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“When a principle is well-established, the questions are simply whether the expert properly applied the established scientific principle to the facts and whether the expert’s credibility is compromised for reasons such as bias. These are matters that a jury usually is competent to evaluate after cross-examination and presentation of competing expert testimony. Accordingly, where expert testimony is based on well-established science, the courts generally have concluded that reliability problems go to weight, not admissibility.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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