SHABAZZ

v.

OKLAHOMA ET AL.

Citator

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• Walker v. Nationsbank OF Fla. N.A., 53 F.3d 1548 (11th Cir. 1995)
  …weight and no more. Barfield, 911 F. 2d at 651; see also Johnson v. Yellow Freight System, Inc., 734 F. 2d 1304, 1309 (8th Cir.) (noting that EEOC reports are not homogenous products but may vary greatly in quality and factual detail), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 1041, 105 S.Ct. 525, 83 L.Ed.2d 413 (1984). The district court determined that the danger that the EEOC letter would confuse the jury substantially outweighed its probative value. See Fed.R.Evid. '403. According to the district court, the determination…
• Gilchrist v. JIM Slemons Imports, Inc., 803 F.2d 1488 (9th Cir. 1986)
  …th Cir.1978). Other circuits have concluded that the admission of probable cause determinations should be left to the discretion of the district court. See, e.g., Johnson v. Yellow Freight System, Inc., 734 F. 2d 1304, 1309 (8th Cir.), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 1041, 105 S.Ct. 525, 83 L.Ed.2d 413 (1984); Walton v. Eaton Corp., 563 F. 2d 66, 74-75 (3d Cir.1977); Cox v. Babcock & Wilcox Co., 471 F. 2d 13, 15 (4th Cir.1972). But see McClure v. Mexia Independent School District, 750 F. 2d 396, 399-400 (5th Cir.1985…
• Estes v. Dick Smith Ford, Inc., 856 F.2d 1097 (8th Cir. 1988)
  …es, supra, slip op. at 2. On review, we leave questions concerning the admission or exclusion of EEOC determinations to the sound discretion of the trial court. See Johnson v. Yellow Freight System, 734 F. 2d 1304, 1308-10 (8th Cir.), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 1041, 105 S.Ct. 525, 83 L.Ed.2d 413 (1984). The court must exercise its discretion, however, to ensure that unfair prejudice does not result from a conclusion based on a cursory EEOC review of the very facts examined in depth at trial. In this case, the…