Great American Court Cases | Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Legal Citation: 509 U.S. 579 (1993)

Petitioners
William Daubert, et ux.

Respondent
Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Petitioners' Claim
The standard for determining the admissibility of expert testimony in court set by Frye v. United States was superseded by Rule 702 of the Federal Rules of Evidence. Under Rule 702, the expert testimony that was excluded from trial by the trial court should have been included.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioners
Michael H. Gottesman

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Charles Fried

Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun (writing for the Court), Anthony M. Kennedy, Sandra Day O'Connor, Antonin Scalia, David H. Souter, Clarence Thomas, Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting
William H. Rehnquist, John Paul Stevens

Place
Washington, D.C.

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