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6 canonical passages across 6 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 National Liberty Insurance Co. of America v. Thrall.

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1 National Liberty Insurance Co. of America v. Thrall Anchor
md · 1942
green “the trial judge, who occupies a position of greater responsibility, should have the right to reject a prior decision of a judge of equal jurisdiction.” 3
2 Rodriguez v. Cooper
md · 2018
green “a basic rule of appellate jurisprudence is that a party may not appeal from a judgment wholly in its favor.” 3
3 Robinson v. County Commissioners
md · 1858
green “it has been long settled . . . that during the entire term in which a judgment is rendered in a court of record, the judgment is under the control of the court, and liable to be stricken out, altered, or amended.” 3
4 Hall v. Mayor of Baltimore
md · 1881
red “the implied covenant . . . was rescinded and abrogated by the deed . . . whereby the owner acquired the fee simple title . . . and consequently all rights that . . . could be derived only from the implied covenant of the parties, no longer existed.” 3
5 Hanson v. Johnson
md · 1884
green “the mere entry and possession of one tenant in common . . . will not be adverse to the co-tenant. . . . to constitute adverse possession in such cases, there must be an ouster, an entry and possession, hostile to the title of the co-tenant.” 3
6 Lindsay v. Annapolis Roads Property Owners Ass'n
md · 2013
green “unity of ownership of both the dominant and the servient estates extinguishes generally any easements.” 3

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