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4 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 82 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 Blue Chip Stamps v. Manor Drug Stores.

#Case FlagCanonical passage Citers
1 Blue Chip Stamps v. Manor Drug Stores Anchor
scotus · 1975
green “the starting point in every case involving construction of a statute is the language itself.” 65
2 Ex Parte Bollman and Swartwout
scotus · 1807
green “the power to award the writ by any of the courts of the united states, must be given by written law.” 7
3 Baldwin v. Maggio
ca5 · 1983
green “reasonably substantial, independent investigation” 5
4 Aaron Lindh v. James P. Murphy, Warden
ca7 · 1996
green “by posing the question whether the state court's treatment was 'unreasonable,' 2254(d)(1) requires federal courts to take into account the care with which the state court considered the subject.” 5

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