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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 Burlington Northern Railroad v. Oklahoma Tax Commission.

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1 Burlington Northern Railroad v. Oklahoma Tax Commission Anchor
scotus · 1987
green “legislative history can be a legitimate guide to a statutory purpose obscured by ambiguity.” 5
2 United States v. Marrian Kolesar and Andrew Kolesar, Her Husband
ca5 · 1963
green “he utility (and necessity) for a deposition is not alone measured by whether all or any part of it is formally offered in evidence as such. a deposition used effectively in cross examination may have its telling effect without so much as a line of it being formally proffered.” 3

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