Matter of Pima Cty., Juvenile Action, Etc.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a reviewing court “violated the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment” because it “necessarily rejected the referee’s credibility assessments without having personally heard the disputed testimony”
• “... personal observation of witnesses is crucial to accurate fact-finding when the outcome ... depends on an assessment of the credibility of the witnesses”
• \... personal observation of witnesses is crucial to accurate fact-finding when the outcome ... depends on an assessment of the credibility of the witnesses\
• “The deference which appellate courts accord the trier of fact, whether judge or jury, to make determinations based on assessment of the credibility of witnesses is elementary.”
• “The deference which appellate courts accord the trier of fact, whether judge or jury, to make determinations based on assessments of the credibility of witnesses is elementary.”
• “The deference which appellate courts accord to the trier of fact . . . to make determinations based on assessments of the credibility of witnesses is elementary.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).