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California's Secondary Evidence Rule: Helpful, Yes. But Not an End Run.

Evidence at Trial

But this general rule of admissibility does not apply if the court finds either (1) a genuine dispute exists concerning material terms of the writing and justice requires its exclusion, or (2) admission of the secondary evidence would be unfair. Crown move to compel arbitration, and it relied on an employee declaration from Ms.