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· 5/2/2014

City of Pomona v. Sqm North America Corporation

Citations

  • 750 F.3d 1036
  • 2014 WL 1724505
  • 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 8308

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that courts should not exclude expert opinions ″merely because they are impeachable″ (quoting Alaska Rent-A-Car, Inc. v. Avis Budget Grp., Inc., 738 F.3d 960, 969 (9th Cir. 2013))
  • ruling that when an expert’s application of a reasonable methodology was merely “shaky,” it should not have been excluded, but rather admitted and subjected to attack by cross-examina- tion and contrary evidence
  • stating that, under Daubert, “[t]he judge is supposed to screen the jury from unreliable nonsense opinions, but not exclude opinions merely because they are impeachable”
  • noting that 19 “[s]haky but admissible evidence is to be attacked by cross examination, contrary evidence, and 20 attention to the burden of proof, not exclusion” (quotation omitted)
  • stating that courts should not exclude expert opinions ″merely because they are impeachable″ (quoting Alaska Rent-A-Car, Inc. v. Avis Budget Grp., Inc., 738 F.3d 960, 969 (9th Cir. 2013))
  • stating that under Daubert, “[t]he judge is supposed 17 to screen the jury from unreliable nonsense opinions, but not exclude opinions merely because 18 they are impeachable” (internal quotations omitted)

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Judges: Pregerson, Tallman, Simon

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