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2 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 Spartanburg County v. Miller, Treas..

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1 Spartanburg County v. Miller, Treas. Anchor
sc · 1924
green “existing precedent must have placed the statutory or constitutional question beyond debate.” 19
2 Peter Akemann v. Patrick J. Quinn
ca7 · 2015
green “clearly established' a right must be defined so clearly that every reasonable official would have understood that what he was doing violated that right.” 15

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