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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 25 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 Schilb v. Kuebel.

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1 Schilb v. Kuebel Anchor
scotus · 1972
green “the eighth amendment's proscription of excessive bail has been assumed to have application to the states through the fourteenth amendment.” 16
2 United States v. John Richard McConnell
ca5 · 1988
green “a bail setting is not constitutionally excessive merely because a defendant is financially unable to satisfy the requirement.” 9

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