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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 9 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 Middletown Township v. Lands of Stone.

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1 Middletown Township v. Lands of Stone Anchor
pa · 2007
green “a taking will be seen as having a public purpose only where the public is to be the primary and paramount beneficiary of its exercise.” 6
2 Kramer Appeal
pa · 1970
green “look for the 'real or fundamental purpose' behind a taking.” 3

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