General Electric Co. v. Joiner

General Electric Co. v. Joiner
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued Oct 14, 1997 Decided Dec 15, 1997
Full case name	General Electric Company v. Robert Joiner
Docket no.	96–188
Citations	522 U.S. 136 (more) 118 S. Ct. 512; 139 L. Ed. 2d 508; 1997 U.S. LEXIS 7503
Holding
Abuse of discretion-the standard ordinarily applicable to review of evidentiary rulings-is the proper standard by which to review a district court's decision to admit or exclude expert scientific evidence.
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	Rehnquist, joined by unanimous (parts I, II); O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer (part III)
Concurrence	Breyer
Concur/dissent	Stevens
Laws applied
Federal Rules of Evidence

General Electric Co. v. Joiner, 522 U.S. 136 (1997), was a Supreme Court of the United States case between Robert Joiner and General Electric Co. that concerned whether the abuse of discretion standard is the correct standard an appellate court should apply in reviewing a trial court's decision to admit or exclude expert testimony.^[1] The case is notable for helping articulate the Daubert standard.