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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 39 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 Berger v. Berger.

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1 Berger v. Berger Anchor
michctapp · 2008
green “a party abandons a claim when it fails to make a meaningful argument in support of its position.” 34
2 MacK v. City of Detroit
mich · 2002
green “ddressing a controlling legal issue despite the failure of the parties to properly frame the issue is a well understood judicial principle.” 5

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