Legal Opinion
Ford ex rel. Estate of Ford v. Garcia
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided April 30, 2002No. 01-10357PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:
The main issue presented in this appeal, one of first impression in the federal courts, is the allocation of the burden of proof in a civil action involving the command responsibility doctrine brought under the Torture Victim Protection Act. This appeal also presents the issue of *1286whether the district court committed reversible error in allowing a defense witness to testify as an expert where Defendants-Appellees did not comply with all of the local rules regarding expert witnesses.
I. Background
Three nuns and one layperson (the “churchwomen”), all Americans engaged in…
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- Walker v. MorthamCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1998
- In Re YamashitaSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
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