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4 canonical passages across 3 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 Wright Ex Rel. Wright v. Wright.

#Case FlagCanonical passage Citers
1 Wright Ex Rel. Wright v. Wright Anchor
tenn · 2011
green “an abuse of discretion occurs when the trial court causes an injustice by applying an incorrect legal standard, reaches an illogical result, resolves the case on a clearly erroneous assessment of the evidence, or relies on reasoning that causes an injustice.” 13
2 Wright Ex Rel. Wright v. Wright
tenn · 2011
green “causes an injustice by applying an incorrect legal standard, reaches an illogical result, resolves the case on a clearly erroneous assessment of the evidence, or relies on reasoning that causes an injustice.” 12
3 White v. Vanderbilt University
tennctapp · 1999
green “if a discretionary decision is within a range of acceptable alternatives, we will not substitute our judgment for that of the trial court simply because we may have chosen a different alternative.” 10
4 Crabtree v. Crabtree
tenn · 2000
green “causes an injustice by applying an incorrect legal standard, reaches an illogical result, resolves the case on a clearly erroneous assessment of the evidence, or relies on reasoning that causes an injustice.” 5

A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment — for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.

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