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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 36 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Zenith Radio Corp. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc..

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1 Zenith Radio Corp. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc. Anchor
scotus · 1969
green “in applying the clearly erroneous standard to the findings of a district court sitting without a jury, appellate courts must constantly have in mind that their function is not to decide factual issues de novo.” 33
2 Orvis v. Higgins
ca2 · 1950
green “does not make exceptions or purport to exclude certain categories of factual findings from the obligation of a court of appeals to accept a district court's findings unless clearly erroneous.” 3

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