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4 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 43 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 Bocanegra v. Vicmar Services, Inc..

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1 Bocanegra v. Vicmar Services, Inc. Anchor
ca5 · 2003
green “a trial court abuses its discretion when its ruling is based on an erroneous view of the law or a clearly erroneous assessment of the evidence.” 18
2 Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations, Inc. v. Cage (In Re Ramba, Inc.)
ca5 · 2005
green “a factual finding is not clearly erroneous if it is plausible in the light of the record read as a whole.” 12
3 Perry v. Dearing (In Re Perry)
ca5 · 2003
green “left with the definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been committed.” 10
4 Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations, Inc. v. Cage (In Re Ramba, Inc.)
ca5 · 2005
green “if it is plausible in the light of the record read as a whole.” 3

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