Legal Opinion
United States v. Frank Javier Cordoba
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 12, 1999No. 98-50082PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRUNETTI, Circuit Judge:
The issue of the admissibility of polygraph evidence has a long and controversial history in the courts. In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision in Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 509 U.S. 579, 113 S.Ct. 2786, 125 L.Ed.2d 469 (1993), the question of whether polygraph evidence is reliable enough to be admissible in a trial has once again come into issue. On this, the second appeal in this matter, we must decide whether the district court abused its discretion in finding, after holding an evidentiary hearing, the results of an unstipulated polygraph…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993
- General Electric Co. v. JoinerSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- United States v. SchefferSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
- Spring Co. v. EdgarSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Denise Thomas & Willie Lavon Thomas v. Newton International Enterprises Southern Shipping Management (Chile) Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1994
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