MALLOY

v.

ALABAMA

Citator

Cited By

• United States v. Burton, 937 F.2d 324 (7th Cir. 1991)
  …e testimonial situation before the court. Therefore, I cannot join my brother’s suggestion that the issue was “waived.” Nevertheless, the defendants had available “comparable means,” Smith v. Fairman, 862 F. 2d 630, 638 (7th Cir.1988), cert. denied, 490 U.S. 1008, 109 S.Ct. 1645, 104 L.Ed.2d 160 (1989), to undermine the credibility of Willis. On that basis, I must conclude that there was no violation of the confrontation clause. See Nance v. Fairman, 707 F. 2d 936, 942 & n. 7 (7th Cir.1983). See also United…

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• TOM v. Voida, 963 F.2d 952 (7th Cir. 1992)
  …ities do not relieve the plaintiff of the burden of presenting affirmative evidence to support her case. See Branion v. Gramly, 855 F. 2d 1256, 1263 (7th Cir.1988) (“Disbelief is not evidence of the opposite of the thing discredited”), cert. denied, 490 U.S. 1008, 109 S.Ct. 1645, 104 L.Ed.2d 160 (1989); Zayre Corp. v. S.M. & R. Co., 882 F. 2d 1145, 1148 (7th Cir.1989). Because the plaintiff did not present any affirmative evidence to support her contentions, the only remaining question is whether the distri…
• Webb v. Lane, 922 F.2d 390 (7th Cir. 1991)
  …ia of reliability.” Idaho, 110 S.Ct. at 3146. See also United States v. Harris, 914 F. 2d 927, 932 n. 2 (7th Cir.1990); United States v. McClellan, 868 F. 2d 210, 214 (7th Cir.1989); Smith v. Fairman, 862 F. 2d 630, 635 (7th Cir.1988), cert. denied, 490 U.S. 1008, 109 S.Ct. 1645, 104 L.Ed.2d 160 (1989). “Reliability can be inferred without more in a case where the evidence falls within a firmly rooted hearsay exception.” Idaho, 110 S.Ct. at 3146. Indeed, this court has noted that it is not likely that a sett…