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7 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 54 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 Efraim Diveroli v. United States.

#Case FlagCanonical passage Citers
1 Efraim Diveroli v. United States Anchor
ca11 · 2015
green “applies an incorrect legal standard.” 15
2 United States v. Steven Jones
ca11 · 2020
green “a movant's offense is a covered offense if section two or three of the fair sentencing act modified its statutory penalties.” 15
3 United States v. Steven Jones
ca11 · 2020
green “modified the statutory penalties for crack-cocaine offenses that have as an element the quantity of crack cocaine provided in subsections 841(b)(1)(a)(iii) and (b)(iii),” 8
4 United States v. Segarra
ca11 · 2009
green “is already serving a sentence below the bottom of the guideline range.” 4
5 Mellouli v. Lynch
scotus · 2015
green “convicted of a violation of . . . any law or regulation of a state, the united states, or a foreign country relating to a controlled substance (as defined in section 802)” 4
6 Cyan, Inc. v. Beaver County Employees Retirement Fund
scotus · 2018
green “any covered class action brought in any state court involving a covered security, as set forth in subsection (b) of this section, shall be removable to the federal district court for the district in which the action is pending, and shall be subject to subsection (b) of this sect…” 4
7 Cyan, Inc. v. Beaver County Employees Retirement Fund
scotus · 2018
green “applies only to the nearest reasonable referent” 4

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