United States v. L.E. Cooke Company, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that “any weaknesses in the factual basis of an expert witness’ opinion, including unfamiliarity 21 with standards, bear on the weight of the evidence rather than on its admissibility”
• finding that the issue of the sufficiency of the evidence was properly raised in the district court before reviewing the same issue
• noting that the strength of an expert’s factual grounding go towards the weight of the opinion, not its admissibility
• explaining that “weaknesses in the factual basis of an expert witness’ opinion . . . bear on the weight of the evidence rather than on its admissibility”
• explaining that admissible expert opinions often rely on some degree of speculation
• noting that “mere weaknesses in the factual basis of an expert witness’ opinion . . . bear on the weight of the evidence rather than on its admissibility” (internal quotation marks and citation omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).