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3 canonical passages across 3 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 Baczkowski v. D.A. Collins Construction Co..

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1 Baczkowski v. D.A. Collins Construction Co. Anchor
ny · 1997
green “never requires, but merely authorizes, the supreme court to dismiss a plaintiffs action based on the plaintiffs unreasonable neglect to proceed” 13
2 Davis v. Goodsell
nyappdiv · 2004
green “such a dual showing is not strictly necessary in order for the plaintiff to escape such a dismissal” 4
3 Kadyimov v. Mackinnon
nyappdiv · 2011
green “the statute prohibits the supreme court from dismissing a complaint based on failure to prosecute whenever the plaintiff has shown a justifiable excuse for the delay and the existence of a potentially meritorious cause of action” 3

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