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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
It's possible, but surely you would agree that it's not what's usually meant when someone asks for a cite.
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Maybe in your practice. Not in mine. I do a lot more fact-lawyering these days.
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And if someone asks you for an evidentiary cite, and you respond with, e.g., hearsay, no one would say, "that's inadmissible -- I asked for a cite."
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Maybe in your practice. Not in mine. For example, I have often written something to the effect of "plaintiffs fail to cite any admissible evidence for their proposition that...."
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A citation identifies where material can be found; it doesn't suggest that material is, e.g., admissible.
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Sure. It just depends on the context. That is why, perhaps, comparing discussions on this board to what we do in our practice is a mistake.
