The survey this year focuses on significant decisions in the area of privilege and expert opinion. In United States v. Smith, the court explicitly rejected a journalist's First Amendment privilege for non-confidential ...

The Fifth Circuit's decisions in the area of Evidence dealt with a variety of familiar topics, such as the discretionary power of the trial judge to exclude relevant evidence because of the countervailing considerations ...

Surveys the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit’s decisions regarding the Federal Rules of Evidence from September 1, 1976, through August 31, 1977. The survey includes several topics regarding federal ...

Survey of United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit’s decisions regarding the Federal Rules of Evidence from September 1, 1977, through June 30, 1978. The survey includes several topics regarding federal evidence ...

Survey of United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit’s decisions regarding the Federal Rules of Evidence from July 1, 1979, through June 30, 1980. During this survey period, the Fifth Circuit decided several cases ...

Survey of United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit’s decisions regarding the Federal Rules of Evidence during the pertinent portions of 1981-1982. The survey includes several topics regarding federal evidence ...

Examines decisions made in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals concerning federal rules of evidence. During the current survey period, the Fifth Circuit considered few new questions, but expanded several concepts developed ...

Survey of United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit from July 1, 1982 through June 30, 1983. During the survey period, the Fifth Circuit addressed a number of cases interpreting the Federal Rules of Evidence. ...