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3 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 507 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 Thomas L. Apple v. John Glenn, U.S. Senator.

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1 Thomas L. Apple v. John Glenn, U.S. Senator Anchor
ca6 · 1999
green “right to petition the government does not guarantee a response to the petition or the right to compel government officials to act on or adopt a citizen's views.” 187
2 Jones v. North Carolina Prisoners' Labor Union, Inc.
scotus · 1977
green “a prisoner's constitutional right to assert grievances typically is not violated when prison officials prohibit only 'one of several ways in which inmates may voice their complaints to, and seek relief, from prison officials' while leaving a formal grievance procedure intact.” 160
3 Randle Griffin v. Mary Berghuis
ca6 · 2014
green “a prisoner's constitutional right to assert grievances typically is not violated when prison officials prohibit only 'one of several ways in which inmates may voice their complaints to, and seek relief, from prison officials' while leaving a formal grievance procedure intact.” 160

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