A judge whose chambers surfed the Internet to survey rain hats available to consumers while evaluating the evidence in a case before him did not violate federal rules, an appellate court has found. Judge Denny Chin's use of the Web was merely the electronic equivalent of what a judge in an earlier era would have done: Go to a local department store to confirm in person the "common-sense" belief that a variety of yellow rain hats, like that worn by a bank robber, can be purchased, the 2nd Circuit ruled Monday.
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Court's Google Search Did Not Violate Evidence Rules, 2nd Circuit Says
New York Law Journal
March 23, 2010
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