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5 canonical passages across 3 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 Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 97,418 United States of America v. Micheal L. Gruenberg, United States of America v. Eugene I. Gruenberg.

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1 Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 97,418 United States of America v. Micheal L. Gruenberg, United States of America v. Eugene I. Gruenberg Anchor
ca8 · 1993
green “a willful blindness instruction is appropriate when the defendant asserts a lack of guilty knowledge, but the evidence supports an inference of deliberate ignorance.” 5
2 United States of America v. Thomas P. Lalley
ca8 · 2001
green “if the instructions, taken as a whole, fairly and adequately submitted the issues to the jury.” 5
3 Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 97,418 United States of America v. Micheal L. Gruenberg, United States of America v. Eugene I. Gruenberg
ca8 · 1993
green “burying one's head in the sand,” 4
4 United States v. James L. Parker
ca8 · 2004
green “either actual knowledge or no knowledge of the facts in question.” 3
5 United States of America v. Thomas P. Lalley
ca8 · 2001
green “fairly and adequately submitted the issues to the jury.” 2

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