| | "Reason and Experience" by Amann & Imwinkelreid |
 | | In 1988, in its decision in Beech Aircraft Corp. v. |
| | Rainey, [FN114] the Court referred to the "liberal thrust of the Federal Rules." [FN115] In the same opinion, the Court alluded to the Federal Rules of Evidence's "general approach of relaxing the traditional barriers" to the admission of evidence. |
| | United States, 245 U.S. With regard to "sound reason," the Court balanced the old reasons against a modern concern, "the conviction of our time that the truth is more likely to be arrived at" by hearing all percipient witnesses and leaving to the jury the question of how much weight to give their testimony. |
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