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Seventh Circuit· 2/27/2008

United States v. Caputo

Citations

  • 517 F.3d 935
  • 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 4167
  • 2008 WL 509177

How courts have described this case

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

  • avoiding the First Amendment question where medical device had not been approved for any use and thus “there were no lawful off-label uses to promote.”
  • affirming the exclusion of testimony “about the meaning of the statute and regulations” and writing: “That’s a subject for the court, not for testimonial experts. The only legal expert in a federal courtroom is the judge.” (citation omitted)
  • “The ‘expert’ would have testified about the meaning of the statute and regulations. That’s a subject for the court, not for testimonial experts.”
  • “The only legal expert in a federal courtroom is the judge.”
  • “The only legal expert in a federal courtroom is the judge.”

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Judges: Easterbrook, Kanne, Evans

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26 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Cites

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Other cases named United States v. Caputo

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