Opinion ID: 764372
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Admissibility of the Adverse Inference

Text: 20 On remand, the district court analyzed in LiButti III, 968 F.Supp. at 74-75, whether an adverse inference was admissible in this case using a four-factor test set out by us on the first appeal, see LiButti II, 107 F.3d at 123-24. Plaintiff argues that the trial court erred in its admissibility analysis. 21 In LiButti II, we stated that [c]learly, the circumstances of this case compel the admissibility and consideration by the trial court of [Robert LiButti's] refusals to answer the questions addressed to him.... Id. at 124. We further said, [s]ince we have ruled on the issue of admissibility, the district court should now evaluate the relevance of [Robert LiButti's] refusals and their probative value under Fed.R.Evid. 403, and the weight they should be accorded in the context of all of the other evidence. Id. Because the question of the admissibility of an adverse inference was decided by us on the prior appeal, no further discussion of admissibility is necessary.