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4 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 40 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 Brown v. Montoya.

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1 Brown v. Montoya Anchor
ca10 · 2011
green “a 1983 defendant sued in an individual capacity may be subject to personal liability and/or supervisory liability.” 17
2 Straub v. BNSF Ry. Co.
ca10 · 2018
green “well-pleaded complaint may proceed even if it strikes a savvy judge that actual proof of the alleged facts is improbable.” 12
3 Sanders ex rel. Ray v. Glanz
oknd · 2015
green “(1) the existence of a municipal policy or custom by which the plaintiff was denied a constitutional right and (2) that the policy or custom was the moving force behind the constitutional deprivation.” 6
4 Moore v. City of Wynnewood
ca10 · 1995
green “if a plaintiff fails to state a valid claim, the court need not even reach the issue of the qualified immunity defense.” 5

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