Thomas v. Estelle

Thomas v. Estelle, Corrections Director

Thomas v. Estelle, 414 U.S. 871 (1973)

Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Decided: October 9, 1973
Docket: No. 72-6726
Judges: Certiorari
Citations: 414 U.S. 87138 L. Ed. 2d 89

Cited by 23 3 descriptions by later courts

Opinion of the Court

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C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.

Mr. Justice Douglas would grant certiorari.

How later courts describe this case

Explanatory parentheticals written by citing courts — 3 in all; the most informative distinct ones are shown.

(holding that the trial court’s refusal to qualify a witness as an expert was harmless error as two other witnesses had given the same testimony that the rejected expert would have given)

H. E. Collins & Joetta Collins, Surviving Parents & Pers. Representatives of Karen Collins, Deceased v. Wayne Corp., 621 F.2d 777 (5th Cir. 1980)
(in response to questioning of a witness court stated that "any five year old idiot knows that.")

21 Fed. R. Evid. Serv. 166, prod.liab.rep.(cch)p 11,070 Beatrice Reese v. Mercury Marine Div. of Brunswick Corp., 793 F.2d 1416 (5th Cir. 1986)

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United States v. Gastiaburo16 F.3d 582 (4th Cir. 1994)
Reese v. Mercury Marine Division of Brunswick Corp.793 F.2d 1416 (5th Cir. 1986)
21 Fed. R. Evid. Serv. 166, prod.liab.rep.(cch)p 11,070 Beatrice Reese, Individually and as Guardian for Carol Lynn Reese and Jennifer Ann Reese, Minor Children, and Eli Reese v. Mercury Marine Division of Brunswick Corporation793 F.2d 1416 (5th Cir. 1986)
State v. Rose963 A.2d 68 (Conn. App. Ct. 2009)
Hampton v. Hanrahan600 F.2d 600 (7th Cir. 1979) · Concurring in Part, Dissenting in Part
Holt Oil & Gas Corporation and Faywin Investments, Pty. Ltd. -Counter v. Ralph L. Harvey -Counter801 F.2d 773 (5th Cir. 1986)

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State v. Rose963 A.2d 68 (Conn. App. Ct. 2009)
United States v. Gastiaburo16 F.3d 582 (4th Cir. 1994)
Carl R. Stillman v. Norfolk & Western Railway Company, a Corporation811 F.2d 834 (4th Cir. 1987)
Holt Oil & Gas Corporation and Faywin Investments, Pty. Ltd. -Counter v. Ralph L. Harvey -Counter801 F.2d 773 (5th Cir. 1986)
21 Fed. R. Evid. Serv. 166, prod.liab.rep.(cch)p 11,070 Beatrice Reese, Individually and as Guardian for Carol Lynn Reese and Jennifer Ann Reese, Minor Children, and Eli Reese v. Mercury Marine Division of Brunswick Corporation793 F.2d 1416 (5th Cir. 1986)
Reese v. Mercury Marine Division of Brunswick Corp.793 F.2d 1416 (5th Cir. 1986)

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