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5 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 35 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 Dianne Castano v. The American Tobacco Company.

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1 Dianne Castano v. The American Tobacco Company Anchor
ca5 · 1996
green “in a multi-state class action, variations in state law may swamp any common issues and defeat predominance.” 21
2 Koh v. Microtek International, Inc.
vaed · 2003
green “a movant must establish that both venue and jurisdiction with respect to each defendant is proper in the transferee district.” 5
3 Saval v. Bl Ltd.
ca4 · 1983
green “a district court possesses broad discretion in ruling on a requested severance under rule 21.” 3
4 China Agritech, Inc. v. Resh
scotus · 2018
green “if the class mechanism is not a viable option for the claims, the decision denying certification will be made at the outset of the case, litigated once for all would- be class representatives.” 3
5 Rapp v. Green Tree Servicing, LLC
mnd · 2014
green “but the laws of the 50 states vary as to the admissibility of extrinsic evidence-sometimes drastically so.” 3

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