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3 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 25 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 Powell v. Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance.

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1 Powell v. Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Anchor
nev · 2011
green “issues not raised in an appellant's opening brief are deemed waived.” 16
2 Weaver v. State, Department of Motor Vehicles
nev · 2005
green “as this argument was raised only in reply brief, we need not consider it.” 5
3 King v. Fox
ny · 2006
green “contingent fee agreements between attorneys and their clients . . . generally allow a client without financial means to obtain legal access to the civil justice system.” 4

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