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3 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 Texas Ass'n of Business v. Texas Air Control Board.

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1 Texas Ass'n of Business v. Texas Air Control Board Anchor
tex · 1993
green “construe the pleadings in favor of the plaintiff and look to the pleader's intent.” 33
2 Ballantyne v. Champion Builders, Inc.
tex · 2004
green “the law prescribes and defines the duty to be performed with such precision and certainty as to leave nothing to the exercise of discretion or judgment.” 7
3 TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES v. Holmes
texapp · 2009
green “sovereign immunity does not shield a governmental entity from suit for equitable relief for a violation of constitutional rights” 3

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