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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 8 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 Kirk Brand Coburn v. Janet Moreland.

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1 Kirk Brand Coburn v. Janet Moreland Anchor
texapp · 2014
green “a trial court abuses its discretion only when it has acted in an unreasonable or arbitrary manner, or when it acts without reference to any guiding principle.” 5
2 In Re the Marriage of Jeffries
texapp · 2004
green “legal and factual sufficiency of the evidence are not independent grounds for asserting error but are relevant factors in determining whether the trial court abused its discretion.” 3

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