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4 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 17 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 Tigner v. First Nat. Bank of Angleton.

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1 Tigner v. First Nat. Bank of Angleton Anchor
tex · 1954
green “the failure of one party in a hearing upon a motion for summary judgment to discharge the burden which would rest on him at a trial on the merits is no ground for a summary judgment in favor of the other party.” 6
2 Dodson v. Watson
· 1920
green “prima facie evidence is merely that which suffices for the proof of a particular fact until contradicted and overcome by other evidence.” 5
3 Balawajder v. Texas Department of Criminal Justice Institutional Division
texapp · 2006
green “in the context of a summary judgment, the party against whom the presumption operates must produce evidence sufficient 'to neutralize the effect of the presumption' for the case to proceed to trial.” 3
4 Claude v. Gateway National Bank of Beaumont
tex · 1975
green “prima facie evidence is merely that which suffices for the proof of a particular fact until contradicted and overcome by other evidence.” 3

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