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6 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 19 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 Rev. George TAYLOR, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BUNGE CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

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1 Rev. George TAYLOR, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BUNGE CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee Anchor
ca5 · 1985
green “put the plaintiff in the same legal position in which he would have been had he never brought the first suit.” 4
2 Freeland v. Williams
scotus · 1889
green “cannot have the effect and operation to annul the judgment of the court already rendered, or the rights determined thereby in favor of the plaintiff” 3
3 William Danzer & Co. v. Gulf & Ship Island Railroad
scotus · 1925
green “deprive the defendant of its property without due process of law in contravention of the fifth amendment.” 3
4 Fleming v. Rhodes
scotus · 1947
green “any 'vested' rights by reason of the state judgment were acquired subject to the possibility of their dilution through congress' exercise of its paramount regulatory power.” 3
5 City of El Paso v. Simmons
scotus · 1965
green “the statute of repose challenged here is an alteration of remedy rather than obligation.” 3
6 United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians
scotus · 1980
green “congress may invite a court to reconsider even when it may not dictate the outcome” 3

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