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3 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 26 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 Hahnemann University Hospital v. Edgar.

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1 Hahnemann University Hospital v. Edgar Anchor
ca3 · 1996
green “drastic remedy that a court should grant only in extraordinary circumstances in response to an act amounting to a judicial usurpation of power.” 13
2 In Re: Austen O. Nwanze
ca3 · 2001
green “given its drastic nature, a writ of mandamus should not be issued where relief may be obtained through an ordinary appeal” 7

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