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3 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 13 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 Nemeroff v. Abelson.

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1 Nemeroff v. Abelson Anchor
ca2 · 1980
green “when it has some legal and factual support, considered in light of the reasonable beliefs of the individual making the claim.” 6
2 Nemeroff v. Abelson
ca2 · 1980
green “the question is whether a reasonable attorney could have concluded that facts supporting the claim might be established, not whether such facts actually had been established.” 4
3 Schlaifer Nance & Co., Inc. v. Estate of Warhol
nysd · 1996
green “the jury's finding of fraud and its award of a total of 3 million in punitive damages could only have been the product of sheer surmise and speculation.” 3

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