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3 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 15 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. Robert Seaman Drabeck, Jr..

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1 United States v. Robert Seaman Drabeck, Jr. Anchor
ca9 · 1991
green “a suit against a governmental officer in his official capacity is equivalent to a suit against the governmental entity itself.” 8
2 Dix v. County of Shasta
ca9 · 1992
green “explicitly mandatory language' specifying the outcome that must be reached upon a finding that the substantive predicates have been met.” 4
3 Dix v. County of Shasta
ca9 · 1992
green “employ 'explicitly mandatory language' specifying the outcome that must be reached upon a finding that the substantive predicates have been met.” 3

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