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US v. GAJO

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
When an arson conspiracy was still ongoing at the time of tape-recorded statements made in furtherance of the conspiracy, those statements qualified...

HOCHEN v. BOBST GROUP, INC.

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Appellants did not produce more than a "scintilla of evidence" in support of their theory of an employer's duty in claims relating to a printing press...

CONWOOD CO., LP v. U.S. TOBACCO CO.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Evidence
In a claim under the Sherman Anti-trust Act, sufficient evidence showed that a tobacco company's conduct rose above isolated tortious activity and was...

US v. HERMANEK

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Government's failure to comply with recording and sealing requirements, in wiretaps of cell phone and pager communications, did not mandate...

HOLLANDER v. SANDOZ PHARM. CORP.

Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a product liability claim alleging that a drug caused a brain hemorrhage, where expert medical opinions used similarity of drugs and their...

GUADALUPE-BLANCO RIVER AUTH. v. KRAFT

Administrative Law, Evidence, Property Law & Real Estate
In a challenge to valuation of condemned property, an expert witness's real estate appraisal opinion, which used a judicially-approved comparable...

SCHOENBERGER v. RUSSELL

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Evidence
In multiple appeals from convictions for sexual imposition and rape, admission of 1) testimony by three witnesses on veracity of the victims, and 2)...

PEOPLE v. BAYLOR

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Where defendant did not object to DNA evidence on the basis that the evidence was not reliable and scientifically acceptable, the record did not...

GRANADOS v. STATE OF TEXAS

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In appeals from a capital murder conviction, 1) no reasonable expectation of privacy is held by an overnight guest who has been asked to leave the...

DIAMOND v. HOWD

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In appellant's false arrest claim under 42 U.S.C. section 1983, an audiotape of her telephone conversation with a police dispatcher was properly...