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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 10 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 Gene Bell, Jr. v. City of Southfield, Mich..

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1 Gene Bell, Jr. v. City of Southfield, Mich. Anchor
ca6 · 2022
green “for a right to be clearly established, 'existing precedent must have placed the statutory or constitutional question beyond debate.” 6
2 Key v. Grayson
ca6 · 1999
green “for qualified immunity to be surrendered, pre-existing law must dictate, that is, truly compel (not just suggest or allow to raise a question about), the conclusion for every like-situated, reasonable government agent that what defendant is doing violates federal law in the circ…” 4

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