Jessie Herbert v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

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• explaining that the adverse witness rule applies where “a party has it peculiarly within his power to produce witnesses whose 14 Case: 19-60630 Document: 00515702292 Page: 15 Date Filed: 01/11/2021 No. 19-60630 testimony would elucidate the transaction [at issue].”
• citing, inter alia, Hanna v. Plumer, 380 U.S. 460, 468 (1965)
• Federal Rules of Evidence and Federal Rules of Civil Procedure \renderQ the uncalled-witness rule an anachronism.\
• rejecting missing witness rule for both civil and criminal cases
• \the uncalled-witness rule has no place in federal trials\
• \the uncalled-witness rule has no place in federal trials\

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