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· 6/29/1981

Owens v. Rush

Citations

  • 654 F.2d 1370
  • 26 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 226
  • 1981 U.S. App. LEXIS 11937
  • 26 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 31,929

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that an “inadvertent[]” addition of “not,” especially “in the context of the charge as a whole,” was “clearly harmless beyond a reason- able doubt”
  • concluding that a district court abused no discretion in allowing rebuttal evidence that contradicted a statement that defendant made on cross-examination, even though the evidence did not rebut anything defendant had presented in her defense
  • holding admissible manuals prepared by Department of Health and Human Services for the processing of Medicare claims
  • admitting testimony that was offered to prove notice, not the truth of the matter asserted
  • “‘The very nature of conspiracy frequently requires that the existence of an agreement be proved by inferences from the conduct of the alleged participants or from circumstantial evidence of a scheme.’”
  • Medicare Carrier’s Manual and FI letter to provider properly admitted into evidence

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Judges: Barrett, Doyle, Holloway

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