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3 canonical passages across 2 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 Amanda Sumpter v. Wayne Cty..

#Case FlagCanonical passage Citers
1 Amanda Sumpter v. Wayne Cty. Anchor
ca6 · 2017
green “shields governmental officials from monetary damages as long as their actions did not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known.” 7
2 Goodwin Ex Rel. Nall v. City of Painesville
ca6 · 2015
green “there need not be a case with the exact same fact pattern or even 'fundamentally similar' or 'materially similar' facts,” 5
3 Amanda Sumpter v. Wayne Cty.
ca6 · 2017
green “as long as their actions did not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known.” 5

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