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4 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 203 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 Locane v. Secretary of Health & Human Services.

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1 Locane v. Secretary of Health & Human Services Anchor
cafc · 2012
green “if the illness was present before the vaccine was administered, logically, the vaccine could not have caused the illness.” 65
2 De Bazan v. Secretary of Health and Human Services
cafc · 2008
green “requires preponderant proof that the onset of symptoms occurred within a timeframe for which, given the medical understanding of the disorder's etiology, it is medically acceptable to infer causation-in-fact.” 63
3 Hodges v. Secretary Of Health And Human Services
cafc · 1993
green “that it did so in this particular case.” 38
4 Hodges v. Secretary Of Health And Human Services
cafc · 1993
green “treating physicians are likely to be in the best position to determine whether a logical sequence of cause and effect shows that the vaccination was the reason for the injury,” 37

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