Topic: the least possible power adequate to the end proposed. · Go Syfert
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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 51 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 Anderson v. Dunn.

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1 Anderson v. Dunn Anchor
scotus · 1821
green “the least possible power adequate to the end proposed.” 45
2 State ex rel. Attorney General v. Circuit Court for Eau Claire County
wis · 1897
green “perhaps, nearest akin to despotic power of any power existing under our form of government.” 6

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