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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 8 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 Samples v. Mitchell.

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1 Samples v. Mitchell Anchor
scctapp · 1997
green “a failure to exercise discretion amounts to an abuse of that discretion.” 5
2 Townsend v. Townsend
sc · 1996
green “in any case, we will not set aside a judge's ruling on a motion for a continuance unless it clearly appears there was an abuse of discretion to the prejudice of the movant.” 3

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