Judge: With No Jury Trial, Experts Can Testify In White Voter Bias Case

Mealey's (March 7, 2018, 11:48 AM EST) -- DALLAS — Two expert witnesses for white voters alleging that a Texas county’s polling districts are discriminatory against whites can testify in the case because the dispute will be decided by a judge, not a jury, so “the objectives of Daubert are no longer implicated,” a federal judge held March 5 in denying the county’s bid to exclude the experts’ opinions (Anne Harding, et al. v. Dallas, Texas, et al., No. 3:15-cv-0131, N.D. Texas, 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 35137)....