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BROWN v. DARCY

No. 83-6440.

783 F.2d 1389 (1986)

Robert J. BROWN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John F. DARCY, a/k/a Jack Darcy, an individual; Ducommun, Inc., a corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided March 4, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L. Seal, Swerdlow, Miller, Seal & Swerdlow, P.C., Beverly Hills, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

Richard Levy, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Before HUG and HALL, Circuit Judges, and JAMESON, District Judge.

CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judge:

Polygraph evidence has been disfavored in the federal courts since the decision of the District of Columbia Circuit in Frye v. United States, 293 Fed. 1013 (D.C.Cir.1923).1 Despite advances in polygraphy since the Frye decision, there are still significant questions regarding the reliability of polygraph examinations. Polygraph evidence also presents problems for our adversarial system...

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