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7 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 63 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 Counterman v. Colorado.

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1 Counterman v. Colorado Anchor
scotus · 2023
green “true threats are 'serious expressions' conveying that a speaker means to 'commit an act of unlawful violence.” 19
2 Counterman v. Colorado
scotus · 2023
green “consciously disregarded a substantial risk that his communications would be viewed as threatening violence.” 16
3 State v. Schaler
wash · 2010
green “error is not harmless when the evidence and instructions leave it ambiguous as to whether the jury could have convicted on improper grounds.” 7
4 State v. McCreven
washctapp · 2012
green “observed the witnesses testify firsthand, we defer to the jury's resolution of conflicting testimony, evaluation of witness credibility, and decisions regarding the persuasiveness and the appropriate weight to be given the evidence.” 7
5 State v. Schaler
wash · 2010
green “may be harmless when it is clear that the omission did not contribute to the verdict,” 6
6 State v. McCreven
washctapp · 2012
green “reweigh the evidence and substitute our judgment for that of the jury.” 5
7 People Of The State Of New York v. Operation Rescue National
· 2001
green “excessive reliance on the reaction of recipients would endanger first amendment values, in large part by potentially misconstruing the ultimate source of the fear.” 3

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