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3 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 123 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 Fikes v. City of Daphne.

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1 Fikes v. City of Daphne Anchor
ca11 · 1996
green “although defendant did not expressly request the remedy available to 6 him under rule 12(e), the court has the 'inherent authority' to act on its own and sua sponte 7 direct a plaintiff to replead a complaint.” 41
2 Wagner v. First Horizon Pharmaceutical Corporation
ca1 · 2006
green “we also remind 2 district courts of their supervisory obligation to sua sponte order repleading pursuant to 3 federal rule of civil procedure 12(e) when a shotgun complaint fails to link adequately a 4 cause of action to its factual predicates.” 41
3 Cobb v. Marshall
almd · 2007
green “we also remind 2 district courts of their supervisory obligation to sua sponte order repleading pursuant to 3 federal rule of civil procedure 12(e) when a shotgun complaint fails to link adequately a 4 cause of action to its factual predicates.” 41

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