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5 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 111 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 Securities & Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corp..

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1 Securities & Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corp. Anchor
scotus · 1947
green “it will not do for a court to be compelled to guess at the theory underlying the agency's action; nor can a court be expected to chisel that which must be precise from what the agency has left vague and indecisive.” 46
2 Kelly Dillery, Plaintiff-Appellee/cross-Appellant v. City of Sandusky, Defendants-Appellants/cross-Appellees. Kelly Dillery v. City of Sandusky
ca6 · 2005
red “it is well-established that 'issues adverted to in a perfunctory manner, unaccompanied by some effort at developed argumentation, are deemed waived.” 39
3 Ferdinand Liti v. Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General
ca6 · 2005
red “like affirmative inconsistencies, omissions may form the basis of an adverse credibility determination, provided that they are substantially related to the asylum claim.” 20
4 Ernesto Adolfo Recinos De Leon v. Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General
ca9 · 2005
green “is extreme in its lack of a coherent explanation” 3
5 Fatos Vasha v. Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General
ca6 · 2005
green “any reasonable adjudicator would be compelled” 3

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