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5 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 Lazy M Ranch, Ltd. v. TXI OPERATIONS, LP.

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1 Lazy M Ranch, Ltd. v. TXI OPERATIONS, LP Anchor
texapp · 1998
green “under the doctrine of unclean hands, a court may refuse to grant equitable relief to a plaintiff who has been guilty of unlawful or inequitable conduct regarding the issue in dispute.” 3
2 Lazy M Ranch, Ltd. v. TXI OPERATIONS, LP
texapp · 1998
green “unlawful or inequitable conduct regarding the issue in dispute.” 3
3 Francis v. Herrin Transportation Company
texapp · 1971
green “may not be treated as a judicial admission.” 3
4 Benitz v. Gould Group
texapp · 2000
green “more than a scintilla of probative evidence” 3
5 Fish v. Bannister
texapp · 1988
green “to show privity of estate with prior possessors, the adverse claimant merely has to show a transfer and delivery of possession from one possessor to the next.” 3

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