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4 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 Robert Siebert and Pamela Siebert v. David Severino.

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1 Robert Siebert and Pamela Siebert v. David Severino Anchor
ca7 · 2001
green “what they are doing violates the constitution, or if a closely analogous case establishes that the conduct is unconstitutional.” 13
2 Mark D. Jones and Theresa A. Jones v. Ron Wilhelm, Cross-Appellee
ca7 · 2005
green “whether the implicated right was clearly established at the time.” 6
3 Easterling v. Pollard
ca7 · 2013
green “clearly established under applicable law at the time and under the circumstances that the defendant official acted.” 6
4 Mark D. Jones and Theresa A. Jones v. Ron Wilhelm, Cross-Appellee
ca7 · 2005
green “in determining whether a defendant's alleged actions violated a clearly established right, courts may properly take into account any information the defendant ought reasonably to have obtained.” 5

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