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8 canonical passages across 7 cases, quoted by 42 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 Board of Trustees New Orleans Employers International Longshoremen's Ass'n v. Gabriel, Roeder, Smith & Co..

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1 Board of Trustees New Orleans Employers International Longshoremen's Ass'n v. Gabriel, Roeder, Smith & Co. Anchor
ca5 · 2008
green “the standard of review for a bench trial is well established: findings of fact are reviewed for clear error and legal issues are reviewed de novo.” 11
2 Reed v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.
la · 2003
green “unjustified, without reasonable or probable cause or excuse.” 9
3 Water Craft Management LLC v. Mercury Marine
ca5 · 2006
green “a finding is clearly erroneous if it is without substantial evidence to support it, the court misinterpreted the effect of the evidence, or this court is convinced that the findings are against the preponderance of credible testimony.” 5
4 Block v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co.
lactapp · 1999
green “reasonable and legitimate question as to the extent and causation of a claim, bad faith should not be inferred from an insurer's failure to pay within the statutory time limits when such reasonable doubts exist.” 4
5 Reed v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.
la · 2003
green “based on random choice or personal whim, rather than reason or system,” 4
6 Harold \D\" Ayers v. United States"
ca5 · 1985
green “the resolution of conflicting testimony and the making of credibility choices are within the province of the court sitting without a jury, subject only to the clearly erroneous standard.” 3
7 Boudreaux v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.
lactapp · 2005
green “(i) that the insurer received a satisfactory proof of loss, (ii) that the insurer failed to pay the claim within the applicable statutory period, and (iii) that the insurer's failure to pay was arbitrary and capricious.” 3
8 Ibrahim v. Hawkins
lactapp · 2003
green “that amount over which reasonable minds could not differ.” 3

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