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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 7 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 United States v. Stevens.

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1 United States v. Stevens Anchor
ca7 · 2007
green “rguments in a government brief, unsupported by documentary evidence, are not evidence.” 4
2 In Re the Matter of the Search of Kitty's East, 735 E. Colfax Avenue, Denver, Colorado. Kitty's East v. United States
ca10 · 1990
green “a movant must demonstrate that retention of the property by the government is unreasonable in order to prevail on a motion.” 3

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