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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 10 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 Phillips v. Hillcrest Medical Center.

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1 Phillips v. Hillcrest Medical Center Anchor
ca10 · 2001
green “a litigant who fails to press a point by supporting it with pertinent authority, or by showing why it is sound despite a lack of supporting authority or in the face of contrary authority, forfeits the point. the court will not do his research for him.” 7
2 Lisa, S.A. v. Dionisio Gutierrez Mayorga
ca11 · 2007
green “failure to raise an issue, objection or theory of relief in the first instance to the trial court generally is fatal.” 3

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