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· 7/1/1879

United States ex rel. Foote v. Johnson County

Citations

  • 26 F. Cas. 632
  • 5 Dill. 207

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that the Legislature intended for Uniform Rules of Evidence to apply to all cases — including criminal cases — despite their placement in a subtitle titled “Civil Procedure.”
  • stating that newly discovered evidence was merely cumulative and impeaching without further discussion
  • determining, sua sponte, that the Uniform Rules of Evidence, rather than the Federal Rules of Evidence, applied to the underlying case

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Judges: Dillon, Krekel, Treat

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