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4 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 65 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 Scelta v. Delicatessen Support Services, Inc..

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1 Scelta v. Delicatessen Support Services, Inc. Anchor
flmd · 2000
green “reconsideration of a previous order is an extraordinary measure and should be applied sparingly.” 20
2 McGuire v. Ryland Group, Inc.
flmd · 2007
green “a party who fails to present its strongest case in the first instance generally has no right to raise new theories or arguments in a motion for reconsideration.” 18
3 American Home Assurance Company v. Glenn Estess & Associates, Inc., D/B/A Sales Consultants of Birmingham
ca11 · 1985
green “essentially afford a litigant two bites at the apple.” 14
4 Scelta v. Delicatessen Support Services, Inc.
flmd · 2000
green “motions for reconsideration should not be used to raise arguments which could, and should, have been previously made.” 13

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