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· 6/27/2002

Groobert v. PRESIDENT AND DIRS. OF GEORGETOWN COL.

Citations

  • 219 F. Supp. 2d 1
  • 2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 12902
  • 2002 WL 1494675

How courts have described this case

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

  • admitting that he “did not do any math” and was “speculating” when he concluded that the availability percentages in certain disparity studies were “‘likely overstated’ ”
  • describing standard set forth in Rule 702 as “a liberal and flexible one”
  • expert testimony is unreliable “when an expert chooses to utilize her own unique methodology rather than the proper analysis which is well-known and respected”
  • on a motion for summary judgment, evaluating a series of arguments, paralleling those raised here, regarding expert testimony admissibility
  • “[Legal sufficiency is] often more appropriately raised in a motion 5 to dismiss rather than in an opposition to a motion for leave to amend.”
  • “General acceptance in the community is an important factor in evaluating an expert’s methodology[.]”

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Judges: Urbina

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