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7 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 147 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 Loren Johnson v. Minnesota Historical Society.

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1 Loren Johnson v. Minnesota Historical Society Anchor
ca8 · 1991
green “those rare instances where there is no dispute of fact and where there exists only one conclusion.” 41
2 Eric Crawford v. Marvin T. Runyon, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service
ca8 · 1994
green “summary judgment should seldom be used in employment-discrimination cases.” 39
3 Eric Crawford v. Marvin T. Runyon, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service
ca8 · 1994
green “bjecause discrimination cases often depend on inferences rather than on direct evidence, summary judgment should not be granted unless the evidence could not support any reasonable inference for the nonmovant.” 27
4 Victorija Smith v. St. Louis University, a Missouri Benevolent Corporation Operating as St. Louis University Hospital and School of Medicine
ca8 · 1997
green “summary judgments should only be used sparingly in employment discrimination cases,” 24
5 Chinyere Jenkins, Etc. v. State of Missouri
ca8 · 1997
green “because discrimination cases often turn on inferences rather than on direct evidence, we are particularly deferential to the nonmovant.” 6
6 Chinyere Jenkins, Etc. v. State of Missouri
ca8 · 1997
green “we must also keep in mind, as our court has previously cautioned, that summary judgment should be used sparingly in employment discrimination cases,” 6

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