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7 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 33 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 Messiah Baptist Church v. County of Jefferson.

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1 Messiah Baptist Church v. County of Jefferson Anchor
ca10 · 1988
green “a church has no constitutional right to be free from reasonable zoning regulations nor does a church have a constitutional right to build its house of worship where it pleases.” 8
2 Walker v. City of Kansas City
ca8 · 1990
green “of course, the right of association is no more absolute than the right of free speech or any other right; consequently there may be countervailing principles that prevail over the right of association.” 5
3 Morrison Knudsen Corp. v. Fireman's Fund Insurance
ca10 · 1999
green “even if a review of the instructions, read in isolation from the rest of the trial, did leave this court with a substantial doubt, it would then be necessary to determine whether any error prejudiced” 4
4 Smedra v. Stanek
ca10 · 1951
green “admissions do not come in, on the ground that the party making them, is speaking from his personal knowledge, but upon the ground that a party will not make admissions against himself unless they are true” 4
5 United States v. Gary Pinalto
ca10 · 1985
green “the district court erroneously viewed trustworthiness as a separate requirement of admission under section 801(d)(2)(a).” 4
6 Grace United Methodist Church v. City of Cheyenne
wyd · 2002
green “federal courts have held that land use regulations, i.e., zoning ordinances, are neutral and generally applicable notwithstanding that they may have individualized procedures for obtaining special use permits or variances.” 4
7 Messiah Baptist Church v. County of Jefferson
ca10 · 1988
green “test for measuring the constitutionality of a zoning ordinance” 4

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