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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
19-7652 Steven Craig Whyte v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-02-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP common-sense common-sense-topics daubert daubert-standard drug-enforcement drug-experts evidence-admissibility expert-testimony jury-instructions kumho-tire Whether this Court's Daubert/Kumho Tire jurisprudence bars presentation of law-enforcement agent "drug experts" testifying regarding plain-English exc…
18-708 Robert L. Bertram, Jr., Bryan S. Wood, Robin G. Peavler, James W. Bottom, and Brian C. Walters v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-11-30 Denied Response Waived common-sense criminal-intent criminal-procedure due-process duty fraud insurance insurance-fraud materiality sixth-circuit This Court has repeatedly held that a statement or omission is materially misleading, and thus fraudulent, only if it could influence the targeted dec…