Hamm v. Smith · ¶62

The District Court's factual determination also cannot be reversed unless it is clearly erroneous. “If the district court's account of the evidence is plausible in light of the record viewed in its entirety,” an appellate court “may not reverse it even though convinced that had it been sitting as the trier of fact, it would have weighed the evidence differently.” Anderson v. Bessemer City, 470 U. S. 564, 573–574 (1985). When factual findings “are based on determinations regarding the credibility of witnesses,” such as the experts here, clear-error review “demands even greater deference to the trial court's findings.” Id., at 575. Indeed, three of the dissenting Justices have previously agreed that “ `[b]ecause there often is no single, accurate psychiatric conclusion,' ” it is “importan[t]” to allow the “ `primary factfnder[ ]' to `resolve differences in opinion . . . on the basis of…

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