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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 20 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 A/s J. Ludwig Mowinckles Rederi v. Tidewater Construction Corporation, Lone Star Industries, Inc. v. Gearbulk, Ltd..

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1 A/s J. Ludwig Mowinckles Rederi v. Tidewater Construction Corporation, Lone Star Industries, Inc. v. Gearbulk, Ltd. Anchor
ca4 · 1977
green “district courts have broad discretion under f. r. civ. p. 42(a) to consolidate causes pending in the same district.” 14
2 Jerald H. Miller v. The United States Postal Service
ca5 · 1984
green “a motion to consolidate is not required; the court may invoke rule 42(a) sua sponte.” 6

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