United States v. Vernon Wood

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that in “classic battle of the experts, . . . the district court clearly was at liberty to choose the opinions of [some experts] over the opinion of [another]”
• explaining that Rule 703 of the Federal Rules of Evidence “permits an expert to testify to opinions based on inadmissible evidence, including hearsay, if experts in the field reasonably rely on such evidence in forming their opinions”
• “There is less need for the gatekeeper to keep the gate when the gatekeeper is keeping the gate only for [it]self.”
• “[B]ecause the district court was also the trier of facts, the district court’s evidentiary gatekeeping function was relaxed . . . .”
• “[B]ecause the district court was also the trier of facts, the district court’s evidentiary gatekeeping function was relaxed, and the district court was in the best position to decide the proper weight to give the expert opinions.”
• “[B]ecause the district court was also the trier of facts, the district court’s evidentiary gatekeeping function was relaxed, and the district court was in the best position to decide the proper weight to give the expert opinions.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).