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7 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 51 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 Goncalves Ex Rel. Goncalves v. Rady Children's Hospital San Diego.

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1 Goncalves Ex Rel. Goncalves v. Rady Children's Hospital San Diego Anchor
ca9 · 2017
green “for a private entity to be 'acting under' a federal officer, the private entity must be involved in 'an effort to assist, or to help carry out, the duties or tasks of the federal superior.” 9
2 Winters v. Diamond Shamrock Chemical Co.
ca5 · 1998
green “detailed and direct orders to supply a certain product,” 7
3 Durham v. Lockheed Martin Corp.
ca3 · 2006
green “that its 'broad language is not limitless.” 7
4 Cabalce v. Thomas E. Blanchard & Associates, Inc.
ca9 · 2015
green “defendants provided the government with detailed safety parameters ..., not the other way around” 7
5 Goncalves Ex Rel. Goncalves v. Rady Children's Hospital San Diego
ca9 · 2017
green “is not acting as an insurer so much as it is acting as a claims processer, serving as the government's agent while the government takes the place of the typical health insurer in hedging bets.” 7
6 Goncalves Ex Rel. Goncalves v. Rady Children's Hospital San Diego
ca9 · 2017
green “corporations are persons under section 1442(a)(1).” 7
7 Fidelitad, Inc. v. Insitu, Inc.
ca9 · 2018
green “(a) it is a 'person' within the meaning of the statute; (b) there is a causal nexus between its actions, taken pursuant to a federal officer's directions, and plaintiff's claims; and (c) it can assert a 'colorable federal defense.” 7

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