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4 canonical passages across 4 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 Eiland v. Westinghouse Elec. Corp..

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1 Eiland v. Westinghouse Elec. Corp. Anchor
ca5 · 1995
green “the decision to grant or deny a motion for new trial ... rests in the sound discretion of the trial judge” 4
2 N. Cypress Med. Ctr. Operating Co. v. Aetna Life Ins. Co.
ca5 · 2018
green “substantial evidence is more than a scintilla, less than a preponderance, and is such relevant evidence as a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion.” 4
3 Malcolm Kelso v. Christine Butler
ca5 · 2018
green “credibility determinations, the weighing of evidence, and the drawing of legitimate inferences from the facts” 4
4 Connecticut General Life Insurance Co. v. Humble Surgical Hospital, L.L.C.
ca5 · 2017
green “when evaluating the sufficiency of the evidence, courts view all evidence and draw all reasonable inferences in the light most favorable to the verdict.” 3

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