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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 45 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 Brooke Group Ltd. v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp..

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1 Brooke Group Ltd. v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. Anchor
scotus · 1993
green “when an expert opinion is not supported by sufficient facts to validate it in the eyes of the law, or when indisputable record facts contradict or otherwise render the opinion unreasonable, it cannot support a jury's verdict.” 38
2 Alisa Bradley and Ronald Bradley, Parents and Next Friends of Rachel Bradley v. Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services
cafc · 1993
green “an expert opinion is no better than the soundness of the reasons supporting it.” 7

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