Topic: research the issues on the appellant's behalf. · Go Syfert
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3 canonical passages across 2 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 Gakuba v. Kurtz.

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1 Gakuba v. Kurtz Anchor
illappct · 2015
green “research the issues on the appellant's behalf.” 5
2 U.S. Bank v. Lindsey
illappct · 2009
green “a repository into which an appellant may 'dump the burden of argument and research,' nor is it the obligation of this court to act as an advocate or seek error in the record.” 4
3 U.S. Bank v. Lindsey
illappct · 2009
green “entitled to have the issues clearly defined and supported by pertinent authority and cohesive arguments; we are not merely a repository into which an appellant may 'dump the burden of argument and research,' nor is it the obligation of this court to act as an advocate or seek er…” 3

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