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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 Cornelius v. Auto Analyst, Inc..

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1 Cornelius v. Auto Analyst, Inc. Anchor
gactapp · 1996
green “the conduct must be so extreme in degree, as to go beyond all possible bounds of decency, and to be regarded as atrocious, and utterly intolerable in a civilized community.” 6
2 Cornelius v. Auto Analyst, Inc.
gactapp · 1996
green “must be so extreme in degree, as to go beyond all possible bounds of decency, and to be regarded as atrocious, and utterly intolerable in a civilized community.” 4
3 Moses v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America
gactapp · 1988
green “generally, the case is one in which the recitation of the facts to an average member of the community would arouse his resentment against the actor, and leave him to exclaim 'outrageous!” 3

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