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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 14 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 United States v. Gigante.

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1 United States v. Gigante Anchor
ca2 · 1996
green “the preponderance standard is no more than a tie-breaker dictating that when the evidence on an issue is evenly balanced, the party with the burden of proof loses.” 11
2 Continental Insurance Company v. Lone Eagle Shipping Ltd.
ca2 · 1998
green “peculiarly within the province of the judge as trier of fact” 3

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