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3 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 12 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 Lawlor v. North American Corporation of Illinois.

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1 Lawlor v. North American Corporation of Illinois Anchor
ill · 2013
green “a judgment is against the manifest weight of the evidence only when an opposite conclusion is apparent or when findings appear to be unreasonable, arbitrary, or not based on the evidence.” 5
2 Peters v. Greenmount Cemetery Ass'n
illappct · 1994
green “using and controlling property as owner is the ordinary mode of asserting a claim of title inconsistent with that of the true owner.” 4
3 Dotson v. Former Shareholders of Abraham Lincoln Land and Cattle Co.
illappct · 2002
green “clear and unequivocal evidence,” 3

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