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3 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 473 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 Jena Balistreri v. Pacifica Police Department Al Olsen, Police Chief, Individually and as a Police Agent.

#Case FlagCanonical passage Citers
1 Jena Balistreri v. Pacifica Police Department Al Olsen, Police Chief, Individually and as a Police Agent Anchor
ca9 · 1990
green “the absence of sufficient facts alleged under a cognizable legal theory.” 221
2 Rafael Navarro v. Sherman Block
ca9 · 2001
green “tests the legal sufficiency of a claim.” 189
3 Jena Balistreri v. Pacifica Police Department Al Olsen, Police Chief, Individually and as a Police Agent
ca9 · 1990
green “dismissal can be based on the lack of a cognizable legal theory or the absence of sufficient facts alleged under a cognizable legal theory.” 63

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