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6 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 38 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 Durden v. Comm'r.

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1 Durden v. Comm'r Anchor
tax · 2012
green “the doctrine of substantial compliance is designed to avoid hardship in cases where a taxpayer does all that is reasonably possible, but nonetheless fails to comply.” 10
2 Hewitt v. Comm'r
tax · 1997
green “provided most of the information required” 9
3 Estate of Clause v. Comm'r
tax · 2004
green “essential requirements of the governing statute.” 7
4 Plateau Holdings, LLC, Waterfall Development Manager, LLC, Tax Matters Partner v. Commissioner
tax · 2020
green “is not absolutely entitled to a proportionate share of the proceeds” 5
5 Oakbrook Land Holdings, LLC, William Duane Horton, Tax Matters Partner v. Commissioner
tax · 2020
green “the 'traditional tools of construction' led us to hold that the commissioner's construction of the regulation is correct even if we look at the question de novo.” 4
6 Hewitt v. Comm'r
tax · 1997
green “the taxpayers had provided most of the information required, and the single defect in furnishing everything required was not significant.” 3

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