Legal Opinion
Zenith Radio Corp. v. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided February 19, 1981No. Civ. A. 74-2451, 74-3247. MDL 189PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
(Admissibility of Expert Testimony) Pretrial Order No. 301
EDWARD R. BECKER, District Judge.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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I. Preliminary Statement 1319
II. The Applicable Legal Principles 1321
A. Rule 703 1321
1. The Rule and its Roots 1321
2. The Parties’ Rule 703 Contentions 1324
3. Identity of Decisionmaker Regarding Reasonable Reliance on Underlying Bases for Opinion Testimony 1325
4. Standards for Assessing Reasonable Reliance 1326
B. Rules 702 and 704 1330
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III. The DePodwin Report 1334
A. Introduction 1334
B. Outline of the Economic Analysis 1336
C. Industry Background…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Vincent E. Jenkins v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1962
- Marx & Co. v. Diners' Club, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
- Michael Meeropol and Robert Meeropol v. Louis Nizer, Doubleday & Co., Inc. And Fawcett Publications, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
- Merit Motors, Inc. v. Chrysler CorporationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977
- United States v. Michael P. FosherCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1979
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3Cited by44 opinions
- Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- In re Japanese Electronic Products Antitrust LitigationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1983
- United States v. LemireCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1983
- In Re "Agent Orange" Product Liability LitigationDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1985
- Zenith Radio Corp. v. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1981
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