What is the test for a challenge to the sufficiency of evidence in a civil case?
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The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Morgan, 805 F.2d 1372 (9th Cir. 1986):
In reviewing a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence, "we must determine whether a reasonable jury, after viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the government, could have found the defendant[ ] guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of each essential element of the crime charged." United States v. Douglass, 780 F.2d 1472, 1476 (9th Cir.1986) (citing Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 319, 99 S.Ct. 2781, 2789, 61 L.Ed.2d 560 (1979)).
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