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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 98 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. Salerno.

#Case FlagCanonical passage Citers
1 United States v. Salerno Anchor
scotus · 1987
green “a facial challenge to a legislative act is, of course, the most difficult challenge to mount successfully, since the challenger must establish that no set of circumstances exists under which the act would be valid.” 66
2 United States v. Allied Oil Corp.
scotus · 1951
green “a facial challenge to a legislative act is, of course, the most difficult challenge to mount successfully, since the challenger must establish that no set of circumstances exists under which the act would be valid.” 32

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