Category: Political Science Expert Witness
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Court Refuses to Bar Expert Witnesses from Opining on Firearms Regulation
A district judge in Vermont refused to exclude the testimony assessing the impact of gun laws presented by the State’s expert witnesses. Plaintiffs, corporate entities affiliated with gun ownership and several Vermont residents, filed this action against Defendants, high-level Vermont state officials. Plaintiffs allege that 13 V.S.A. § 4021, which prohibits possession and sale of “large…
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Market Research Expert Witness Opinions on Deceptive Labeling Rejected
Tom’s a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tom’s of Maine Holdings, Inc., which, in turn, was a wholly-owned subsidiary of Colgate. Tom’s specialized in manufacturing personal care products, such as toothpaste and deodorant. The company marketed numerous toothpaste flavors and deodorant varieties as “natural”, which included 34 toothpaste flavors and 17 deodorant varieties, all of which were…
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Reliability of Homogeneous Precinct Analysis Undermined since Small Majorities provide Insufficient Data for such Analysis; Court limits the Testimony of Political Science Expert Witness amidst claims of Racially Polarized Voting
This case concerned claims brought by Plaintiffs Miguel Coca and Alejandro Rangel-Lopez under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (“VRA”) and the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause. Plaintiffs alleged that Defendants, the City of Dodge City and members of the Dodge City Commission, violated Section 2 by holding at-large elections for Commission seats. To…
