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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 16 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 Reader's Digest Assn. v. Superior Court.

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1 Reader's Digest Assn. v. Superior Court Anchor
cal · 1984
green “the failure to conduct a thorough and objective investigation, standing alone, does not prove actual malice, nor even necessarily raise a triable issue of fact on that controversy.” 11
2 Antonovich v. Superior Court
calctapp · 1991
green “from this evidence the trier of fact was entitled to find that antonovich's 'inaction was a product of a deliberate decision not to acquire knowledge of facts that might confirm the probable falsity of the subject charges,' which amounts to a 'purposeful avoidance of the truth' …” 5

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