In this task, you will be shown a prompt from a judicial decision and multiple holding statements derived from citations following text in a legal decision.  Holdings represent the governing legal rule when the law is applied to a particular set of facts. There are five answer choices for each citing text. The correct answer is the holding statement that corresponds to the citing text. The four incorrect answers are other holding statements. You should find the correct option. There is a <HOLDING> token in the position of the citing text prompt where the holding statement was extracted.

Example Input: Cote’s bias, Hayat alleges, first, that Cote made “several inappropriate racial and religious comments during deliberations.” Hayat presented evidence from Jurors L. and B., as well as from Juror H. via an affidavit by Ha-yat’s private investigator, that Cote made a “racial” comment during deliberations. B. declared that “[d]uring the deliberation process, ... Cote[ ] made the statement they all looked the same when wearing a costume or when put in a costume. I believe Mr. Cote made this statement in connection with a discussion of witness Naseem Khan’s claim that he had seen Ayman al-Zawahiri in Lodi.” Similarly, L. stated that “[djuring deliberations Mr. Cote made racial slurs. As an example, on one occasion ... he said in front of the entire group that they a 236-39 (10th Cir.2008) (<HOLDING>). Where, however, “a juror has been asked 
 Holding statements: (A) holding rule 16a1a does not include statements made by coconspirators even if those statements can be attributed to the defendant for purposes of the rule against hearsay (B) holding that rule 606b contains no exception for racially biased statements made during jury deliberations and expressing skepticism about whether constitutional concerns can ever override the rule (C) holding that federal rule of evidence 8034 the hearsay exception for statements made for medical diagnosis or treatment does not apply to statements made by doctors (D) recognizing rule (E) holding that the arkansas counterpart to cre 606b applies whether a verdict is reached or a mistrial declared and under the extraneous information exception allows jurors to testify about statements made during deliberations
Example Output: (B)

Example Input: as an exhibit, he was able to make his argument that the victim was vindictive towards defendant. Accordingly, even if the trial court erred in this respect, we are not persuaded that it is more probable than not that any such error was outcome determinative. (MCOA Op. at 5.) Petitioner contends that, by barring the introduction of the actual letters sent by Gordon and barring cross-examination that quoted those letters, the trial court prevented him from effectively cross-examining Gordon about her bias and motive for giving false evidence against him. I disagree. Unlike in Van Arsdall, 475 U.S. at 679, 106 S.Ct. 1431, the trial court did not “prohibit! ] all inquiry” into Gordon’s possible bias and motivation to lie. Id. (emphasis in original); see also Vasquez, 496 F.3d at 571 (<HOLDING>). Contrary to Petitioner’s representations, he 
 Holding statements: (A) recognizing this distinction (B) recognizing distinction between tolling and estoppel (C) recognizing distinction between barring all inquiry into a witness bias and barring a particular form of crossexamination (D) recognizing distinction between two types of waiver (E) recognizing distinction between smith and mcdonnell
Example Output: (C)

Example Input: restraint in doing just that. 4. Excessive Hours Defendant contends that certain hours spent by Plaintiffs counsel were excessive. Specifically, Defendant asserts that nineteen hours in preparat t part of the case that presents a potential alternative to unnecessary litigation. See Wolk v. Saks Fifth Ave., 728 F.2d 221, 224 (3d Cir.1984) (articulating “[t]he PHRA embodies a discrete, comprehensive administrative procedure, including conciliation and negotiation.”); see also Tlush v. Mfrs. Res. Ctr., Civ. A. No. 02-235, 2002 WL 1748194, *3-5, 2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13726, at *11-16 (E.D.Pa. July 24, 2002) (discussing importance of administrative remedies for PHRA and ADEA claims). This time (7.6 hours) spent by counsel with his client included the sp., 49 F.3d 939, 942 (3d Cir.1995) (<HOLDING>). To the extent that these tasks were performed 
 Holding statements: (A) holding that bia error is harmless when it is highly probable that error did not affect cases outcome (B) holding it is not appropriate to allow the wasteful use of highly skilled and highly priced talent for matters easily delegable to nonprofessionals (C) holding that police officers are not members of highly regulated industry (D) holding that while an informants veracity is highly relevant to the existence of probable cause it is only one part of the larger commonsense determination (E) holding that an error is harmless where it is highly probably that the error did not affect the outcome of the case
Example Output:
(B)