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6 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 151 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 Kenneth A. Marshall v. Stanley Knight.

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1 Kenneth A. Marshall v. Stanley Knight Anchor
ca7 · 2006
green “short and plain statement of the claim' sufficient to notify the defendants of the allegations against them and enable them to file an answer.” 46
2 St. John's United Church of Christ v. City of Chicago
ca7 · 2007
green “if the complaint fails to set forth 'enough facts to state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face.” 38
3 Gutierrez v. Peters, III
ca7 · 1997
green “diagnosed by a physician as mandating treatment.” 20
4 Minix v. Canarecci
ca7 · 2010
green “individual liability under 1983 requires personal involvement in the alleged constitutional violation” 19
5 Anthony N. Smith v. Knox County Jail
ca7 · 2012
green “a prison or department in a prison cannot be sued because it cannot accept service of the complaint.” 12

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