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7 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 145 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 Christine Kellam v. Metrocare Services.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christine Kellam v. Metrocare Services Anchor | green | “generally, the failure to respond to arguments constitutes abandonment or waiver of the issue.” | 51 |
| 2 | Magee v. Life Insurance Co. of North America | green | “failure to brief an argument in the district court waives that argument in that court.” | 23 |
| 3 | JMCB, LLC v. Bd. of Commerce | green | “the fifth circuit makes it clear that when a party does not address an issue in his brief to the district court, that failure constitutes a waiver on appeal.” | 19 |
| 4 | JMCB, LLC v. Bd. of Commerce | green | “by analogy, failure to brief an argument in the district court waives that argument in that court.” | 18 |
| 5 | JMCB, LLC v. Bd. of Commerce | green | “failure to brief an argument in the district court waives that argument in that court.” | 17 |
| 6 | Akhtar v. Gonzales | green | “plaintiff further failed to defend her retaliatory abandonment claim in both responses to the defendant's motion to dismiss.” | 14 |
| 7 | Magee v. Life Insurance Co. of North America | green | “by analogy, failure to brief an argument in the district court waives that argument in that court.” | 3 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment: for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.