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6 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 30 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 Johnson v. Fankell.

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1 Johnson v. Fankell Anchor
scotus · 1997
green “neither this court nor any other federal tribunal has any authority to place a construction on a state statute different from the one rendered by the highest court of the state.” 18
2 United States v. Thornton
ca4 · 2009
green “carnally know, without the use of force, a child thirteen years of age or older but under fifteen years of age,” 3
3 United States v. Harcum
ca4 · 2009
green “modified categorical approach.” 3
4 Johnson v. Fankell
scotus · 1997
green “neither the united states supreme court nor any other federal tribunal has any authority to place a construction on a state statute different from the one rendered by the highest court of the state.” 2
5 United States v. Thornton
ca4 · 2009
green “create immediate, serious, and foreseeable physical risks that arise concurrently with the commission of the crime” 2

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