· 4/27/1989
Lovejoy Electronics, Inc., Cross-Appellee v. Gerald N. O'berto, Cross-Appellant
Citations
- 873 F.2d 1001
- 1989 U.S. App. LEXIS 5890
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- observing that if only evidence of fraud was a statement rendered inadmissible under the Dead Man's Statute, then opponent would be entitled to summary judgment
- state’s dead man statute governs admissibility of certain evidence where state law supplies rule of decision
- “The legislative history of Rule 601 reveals that the purpose of this exception was, precisely, to preserve state dead man’s laws in cases such as this where state law supplies the rule of decision.”
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Judges: Wood, Posner, Coffey
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