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3 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 18 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 Mueller v. Allen.

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1 Mueller v. Allen Anchor
scotus · 1983
green “reluctant to attribute unconstitutional motives to the states, particularly when a plausible secular purpose for the state's program may be discerned from the face of the statute.” 7
2 Bowen v. Kendrick
scotus · 1988
green “only if it is motivated wholly by an impermissible purpose.” 6
3 Mueller v. Allen
scotus · 1983
green “reluctant to attribute unconstitutional motives” 5

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