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3 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 9 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 In Re RR.

#Case FlagCanonical passage Citers
1 In Re RR Anchor
tex · 2006
green “some excuse, although not necessarily a good one, will suffice to show that a defendant's failure to file an answer was not because the defendant did not care” 3
2 In Re KK
texapp · 2005
green “the right to effective counsel extends to the appellate level” 3
3 In Re MS
tex · 2003
green “it is one thing, however, to have those procedures in place; it is quite another when counsel unjustifiably fails to follow those procedures.” 3

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