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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 Perkins v. Perkins.

#Case FlagCanonical passage Citers
1 Perkins v. Perkins Anchor
njsuperctappdiv · 1978
green “a sharp departure from reasonableness must be demonstrated before our intercession can be expected.” 5
2 Valentino v. Valentino
njsuperctappdiv · 1998
green “mistakenly exercised its broad authority to divide the parties' property and whether the result was 'reached by the trial judge on the evidence, or whether it is clearly unfair or unjustly distorted by a misconception of law or findings of fact that are contrary to the evidence.” 4
3 Wadlow v. Wadlow
njsuperctappdiv · 1985
green “a sharp departure from reasonableness must be demonstrated before our intercession can be expected.” 3

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