Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. v. Zenith Radio Corp.

How later courts describe this case

• noting that the exception for present sense impressions is founded on the notion that contemporaneity of the observation and impression provide some guarantee against misrepresentation and defective memory
• Consent Decision and acquiescence in Recommendation Decision entered between respondents and the Japanese Fair Trade Commission in electronics products “dumping” proceedings were not admissible in a related civil judicial proceeding
• In limine rulings on admissibility appropriate even when not required by Rule 104