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3 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 50 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 Glover v. Austin.

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1 Glover v. Austin Anchor
ca2 · 2008
green “summary judgment is appropriate if, but only if, there are no genuine issues of material fact supporting an essential element of the plaintiffs' claim for relief.” 44
2 Howard E. Mandell v. The County of Suffolk and John Gallagher, Police Commissioner
ca2 · 2003
green “we will for purposes of this opinion assume that the standards of proof applicable to plaintiff's title vii and human rights law claims are the same in all relevant respects.” 3
3 McPherson v. New York City Department of Education
ca2 · 2006
green “in a discrimination case, however, we are decidedly not interested in the truth of the allegations against plaintiff. we are interested in what motivated the employer . . . ; the factual validity of the underlying imputation against the employee is not at issue.” 3

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