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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 11 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 Armstrong World Industries, Inc. v. Adams.

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1 Armstrong World Industries, Inc. v. Adams Anchor
ca3 · 1992
green “there is a substantial controversy, between parties having adverse legal interests, of sufficient immediacy and reality.” 6
2 United States v. The Fisher-Otis Company, Inc., and Roy Fisher, Jr., Raymond H. Coit
ca10 · 1974
green “to settle actual controversies before they ripen into violations of a law or a breach of duty.” 5

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