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6 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 City of Alexandria v. Cleco Corporation.

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1 City of Alexandria v. Cleco Corporation Anchor
ca5 · 2014
green “when reviewing issues of state law, federal courts look to the law of that state's highest court.” 11
2 Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, Inc. v. Eurocopter Deutschland, GmbH
ca5 · 2008
green “defer to intermediate state appellate court decisions, unless convinced by other persuasive data that the highest court of the state would decide otherwise.” 10
3 Estella Martinez v. Walgreen Company
ca5 · 2019
green “the general rule on the issue, decisions from other jurisdictions, and general policy concerns.” 9
4 Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, Inc. v. Eurocopter Deutschland, GmbH
ca5 · 2008
green “in making an erie guess, federal courts defer to intermediate state appellate court decisions, unless convinced by other persuasive data that the highest court of the state would decide otherwise.” 5
5 Estella Martinez v. Walgreen Company
ca5 · 2019
green “precisely' resolves the legal issue, federal courts "must make an erie guess and determine as best they can what the supreme court of texas would decide.” 5
6 Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, Inc. v. Eurocopter Deutschland, GmbH
ca5 · 2008
green “in making an erie guess, we defer to intermediate state appellate court decisions, unless convinced by other persuasive data that the highest court of the state would decide otherwise.” 3

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