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4 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 34 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 Public Finance Corp. v. Davis.

#Case FlagCanonical passage Citers
1 Public Finance Corp. v. Davis Anchor
ill · 1976
green “so outrageous in character, and so extreme in degree, as to go beyond all possible bounds of decency.” 13
2 Public Finance Corp. v. Davis
ill · 1976
green “mere insults, indignities, threats, annoyances, petty oppressions or trivialities.” 9
3 McCaskill v. Barr
illappct · 1980
green “specific, and detailed beyond what is normally considered permissible in pleading a tort action.” 5

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