Kumho Tire Co. v. Carmichael

Kumho Tire Co. v. Carmichael
Kumho Tire Co. v. Carmichael
	Supreme Court of the United States
Argued December 7, 1998; Decided March 23, 1999
Full case name	Kumho Tire Company, Ltd., et al. v. Patrick Carmichael et al.
Citations	526 U.S. 137 (more) 119 S. Ct. 1167; 143 L. Ed. 2d 238; 1999 U.S. LEXIS 2189; 67 U.S.L.W. 4179; 50 U.S.P.Q.2D (BNA) 1177; 50 Fed. R. Evid. Serv. (Callaghan) 1373; Prod. Liab. Rep. (CCH) ¶ 15,470; 99 Cal. Daily Op. Service 2059; 29 ELR 20638; 1999 Colo. J. C.A.R. 1518; 12 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 141
Case history
Prior	On writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Holding
	In a trial in a U.S. federal court, the Daubert Standard governs the admission of expert testimony from non-scientists as well.
Court membership
	Chief Justice William Rehnquist Associate Justices John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor; Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy; David Souter · Clarence Thomas; Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer
Case opinions
Majority	Breyer, joined by Rehnquist, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, Ginsburg
Concurrence	Scalia, joined by O'Connor, Thomas
Concur/dissent	Stevens
Laws applied
	Daubert Standard, Federal Rule of Evidence 702

Kumho Tire Co. v. Carmichael, 526 U.S. 137 (1999), is a United States Supreme Court case that applied the Daubert standard to expert testimony from non-scientists.

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