Where an officer sued for racial profiling moved to preclude a statistician from testifying that the likelihood of his higher rate of citations of Black drivers versus lower rates by other officers, by chance, is about 1 in 100,000, his ...

Tagged with: Evidence Judge Norman K. Moon U.S. District Court - Western District

Where the plaintiff in a wrongful death case offered a former police chief/crime-scene investigator to testify that the decedent did not die from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, but he lacked knowledge, training or experience in medical science or forensic pathology, ...

Tagged with: Evidence Judge Michael F. Urbanski U.S. District Court - Western District

The Court of Appeals of Virginia upheld a decision by a circuit court to grant a motion to suppress evidence filed by a man searched by police who claimed he could not validly consent to the search. The court ruled ...

Tagged with: Evidence Judge Junius P. Fulton III Search and seizure Virginia Court of Appeals

Where land was condemned for an easement required for construction of a natural gas pipeline, any evidence or statements by landowners or counsel bearing on the land’s “value to me,” or that they are being forced to sell, cannot afford ...

Tagged with: Evidence Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon U.S. District Court - Western District

Where a pharmaceutical company sought discovery from a competitor for use in their foreign patent litigation, its request under 28 U.S.C § 1782 was denied. The competitor company was not “found” in the district where the application was filed because ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Evidence Judge Paul V. Niemeyer

Where defendants sued for violating federal and state laws while administering “immigration bonds” for indigent consumers facing deportation moved to quash subpoenas sent to non-parties, their motion was denied. The subpoenas properly sought information to “fully understand” the defendants’ financial ...

Tagged with: Evidence Judge Joel Hoppe U.S. District Court - Western District

Where an ISIS member participated in a conspiracy that resulted in the 2014 deaths of hostages in Syria so that they were unavailable for criminal proceedings, out-of-court statements by the decedents were permitted under the forfeiture by wrongdoing hearsay exception. ...

Tagged with: Evidence Judge T.S. Ellis III U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where an auto parts warehouse distributor sought to introduce a presentation by plaintiff, an automotive parts supplier, that discussed the results of the supplier’s annual audit of its business practices at trial, the presentation was excluded because the audit evidence ...

Tagged with: Evidence Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon U.S. District Court - Western District

Where a jury is to decide the compensation due to landowners whose property was acquired as part of an easement for construction of an interstate natural gas pipeline, evidence of fear and stigma, and claims that the property was dangerous ...

Tagged with: Evidence Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon U.S. District Court - Western District

A judge has denied a request from the Fairfax County Police Department to issue a “geofence” search warrant in a motel shooting case. Such a warrant would allow a police department to request for Google to list any cellphones active ...

Tagged with: Evidence Fairfax County Circuit Court Geofencing Judge David A. Oblon