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7 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 924 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 Sanford Brass v. American Film Technologies, Inc..

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1 Sanford Brass v. American Film Technologies, Inc. Anchor
ca2 · 1993
green “documents either in plaintiffs' possession or of which plaintiffs had knowledge and relied on in bringing suit.” 217
2 McCARTHY v. DUN & BRADSTREET CORPORATION
ca2 · 2007
green “to the facts as asserted within the four corners of the complaint, the documents attached to the complaint as exhibits, and any documents incorporated in the complaint by reference.” 176
3 Cohen v. S.A.C. Trading Corp.
ca2 · 2013
green “on a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim, we construe the complaint in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, accepting the complaint's allegations as true.” 170
4 Alexandra York v. Association of the Bar of the City of New York
ca2 · 2002
green “on a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim, we construe the complaint in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, accepting the complaint's allegations as true.” 169
5 Arista Records, LLC v. Doe 3
ca2 · 2010
green “factual amplification . . . to render a claim plausible.” 164
6 Sanford Brass v. American Film Technologies, Inc.
ca2 · 1993
green “when determining the sufficiency of plaintiffs' claim for rule 12(b)(6) purposes, consideration is limited to the factual allegations in plaintiffs' amended complaint, which are accepted as true, to documents attached to the complaint as an exhibit or incorporated in it by refer…” 15
7 Sanford Brass v. American Film Technologies, Inc.
ca2 · 1993
green “documents attached to the complaint as an exhibit or incorporated in it by reference, to matters of which judicial notice may be taken, or to documents either in plaintiffs' possession or of which plaintiffs had knowledge and relied on in bringing suit.” 13

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