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3 canonical passages across 3 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 WFAA-TV, Inc. v. McLemore.

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1 WFAA-TV, Inc. v. McLemore Anchor
tex · 1998
green “with knowledge that it was false or with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not.” 8
2 Hearst Corp. v. Skeen
tex · 2005
green “high degree of awareness of probable falsity” 4
3 Freedom Newspapers of Texas v. Cantu
tex · 2005
green “so improbable that only a reckless publisher would have made the mistake.” 3

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