Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- Decided
- June 28, 1993
- Docket
- 92-102
- Status
- Published
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
Cited 21,376 timesSuperseded by statute (verified)Possible negative treatment: superseded by statute (1 of 3 verified; none is a verified overruling) · Republic Services of Indiana v. Coe Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc.
What later courts said
- holding that the Frye rule requiring a methodology to be generally accepted was not part of the Federal Rules of Evidence — In Re Paoli Railroad Yard PCB Litigation (1994)
- holding that the Frye test of general acceptance in the scientific community was superceded by the Federal Rules — Nimely v. City of New York (2005)
- concluding that further studies are needed to confirm association between trauma and fibromyalgia and to determine whether trauma has causal role — Epp v. Lauby (2006)
Each line is a later court’s own words about this case, not a summary. Read the opinion before relying on it.
How the opinion begins
[*582] Justice Blackmun delivered the opinion of the Court.
In this case we are called upon to determine the standard for admitting expert scientific testimony in a federal trial.
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Cite this
Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 509 U.S. 579 (1993)Read the full opinion
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