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Privileges based on family and marital relationships
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Inferences based on inferences are permissibleDesert Palace, Inc. v. Costa, 539 U.S. 90, pin? (2003) (some earlier federal case law had required "direct" evidence to show impermissible motive in certain discrimination cases; _Desert Palace_ narrowed or eliminated the situations in which any such "direct evidence"...
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Inferences based on inferences are permissiblevouch for authority for rule...
The prohibition against circumstantial use of character -- the use of character or disposition to show conduct on a particular occasion -- applies...Outley v. City of New York, 837 F.2d 587, 591-594 (2d Cir. 1988) (holding, in an action against police officers for police brutality, that evidence to show plaintiff's grudge against white police officers to show that he had acted consistently with such grudge by filing the claim against the police...
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The prohibition against circumstantial use of character -- the use of character or disposition to show conduct on a particular occasion -- applies in trials of civil actions.vouch for authority for rule...
A person's propensity, or character, is not barred by the character rule if it is offered for any purpose other than to show a person's conduct on...United States v. Kennedy, 32 F.3d 876, 885-886 (4th Cir. 1994) (upholding trial court's admission of Whitmire's testimony about his separate investigation into accused's drug distribution activities because such evidence did not constitute "other crimes" evidence, and constituted proof of the existence...
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A person's propensity, or character, is not barred by the character rule if it is offered for any purpose other than to show a person's conduct on a particular occasion.