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6 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 52 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 Semtek International Inc. v. Lockheed Martin Corp..

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1 Semtek International Inc. v. Lockheed Martin Corp. Anchor
scotus · 2001
green “federal common law governs the claim-preclusive effect of a dismissal by a federal court sitting in diversity.” 24
2 Getty Oil Co. v. Insurance Co. of North America
tex · 1993
green “their relatedness in time, space, origin, or motivation, and whether, taken together, they form a convenient unit for trial purposes.” 9
3 Semtek International Inc. v. Lockheed Martin Corp.
scotus · 2001
green “incompatible with federal interests.” 9
4 Hitchcock Properties, Inc. v. Levering
texapp · 1989
green “given the nature of an option's relation to and limitation over the land optioned, it is no less logically included in the definition of an 'interest' in land, than is, for example, an easement, or royalty interest, or a contingent future interest.” 4
5 Eland Energy, Inc. v. Rowden Oil & Gas, Inc.
texapp · 1996
green “statute of frauds . . . does not render void or illegal a promise or contract within its terms” 3
6 Hutchings v. Slemons
tex · 1943
green “statute of frauds . . . does not render void or illegal a promise or contract within its terms” 3

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