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5 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 69 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 United Coin Meter Company, Inc., a Michigan Corporation v. Seaboard Coastline Railroad, a Virginia Corporation.

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1 United Coin Meter Company, Inc., a Michigan Corporation v. Seaboard Coastline Railroad, a Virginia Corporation Anchor
ca6 · 1983
green “any doubt should be resolved in favor of the petition to set aside the judgment so that cases may be decided on their merits.” 19
2 United Coin Meter Company, Inc., a Michigan Corporation v. Seaboard Coastline Railroad, a Virginia Corporation
ca6 · 1983
green “judgment by default is a drastic step which should be resorted to only in the most extreme cases.” 19
3 In Re Invst Financial Group, Inc.
ca6 · 1987
green “delay alone is not a sufficient basis for establishing prejudice.” 14
4 Theodore G. Williams v. William Meyer
ca6 · 2003
green “there is some possibility that the outcome of the suit after a full trial will be contrary to the result achieved by the default.” 9
5 Dassault Systemes, SA v. Childress
ca6 · 2011
green “to be treated as culpable, the conduct of a defendant must display either an intent to thwart judicial proceedings or a reckless disregard for the effect of its conduct on those proceedings.” 8

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