Opinion ID: 194928
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Heading: Admission of the Publication County Comps

Text: 65 Dolber challenges the court's admission of seven reports from the publication County Comps. 66 Federal Rule of Evidence 803(17) allows, as an exception to the hearsay rule, the admission of [m]arket quotations, tabulations, lists, directories, or other published compilations, generally used and relied upon by the public or by persons in particular occupations. 67 County Comps publishes a monthly listing of properties sold, the sales prices, and the dates the sales were closed. Real estate brokers, insurance agents, and appraisers buy County Comps. The operating manager of County Comps testified that the reports admitted were authentic. Dolber referred to County Comps as her source of data for comparable sales in her appraisals. 68 Dolber argues that although the County Comps listings at first blush appear to deal with compilations of relatively straightforward facts, this evidence required a subjective analysis of other facts. Individuals might differ in the conclusions they draw from the data in County Comps. But that is not the test for admission of the publication. The evidence shows that County Comps is a published compilation[ ], generally used and relied upon by appraisers. The court did not abuse its discretion in admitting the evidence. 69