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5 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 85 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 Betts v. Costco Wholesale Corp..

#Case FlagCanonical passage Citers
1 Betts v. Costco Wholesale Corp. Anchor
ca6 · 2009
green “there must be '(1) a clear error of law; (2) newly discovered evidence; (3) an intervening change in controlling law; or (4) a need to prevent manifest injustice.” 42
2 Betts v. Costco Wholesale Corp.
ca6 · 2009
green “(1) a clear error of law; (2) newly discovered evidence; (3) an intervening change in controlling law; or (4) a need to prevent manifest injustice.” 17
3 Brown v. Allen
scotus · 1953
green “prejudice the occasional meritorious claim to be buried in a flood of worthless ones.” 15
4 Beverly Huff v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and Elizabeth Huff
ca6 · 1982
green “the grant or denial of a rule 59(e) motion is within the informed discretion of the district court, reversible only for abuse.” 5

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