Legal Opinion
Alaska Rent-A-Car, Inc. v. Avis Budget Group, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 6, 2013No. 10-35137, 10-35615PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KLEINFELD, Senior Circuit Judge:
Several state law questions arise in this appeal, and three federal law questions, whether expert testimony should have been excluded under Daubert 1 , whether disallowance of a peremptory challenge was Batson 2 error and if so whether it was harmless, and whether Alaska “English Rule” attorneys fee awards 3 may be awarded in a diversity action where Alaska is the forum state but another state’s law governs the dispute.
FACTS 4
Alaska Rent-A-Car’s predecessor began doing business as an Avis licensee in 1956, three years before Alaska attained statehood.…
2Cases cited48 opinions
- Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Kumho Tire Co. v. CarmichaelSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Alaska Rent-A-Car, Inc. v. Avis Budget Group, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2013
- Jimenez v. City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2013
- United States v. SorichCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2008
- Siring v. Oregon State Board of Higher Education ex rel. Eastern Oregon UniversityDistrict Court, D. Oregon · 2013
- United States v. BowlesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2014
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