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5 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 39 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 of Univ. of Ala. v. Garrett.

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1 Board of Trustees of Univ. of Ala. v. Garrett Anchor
scotus · 2001
green “states are not required by the fourteenth amendment to make special accommodations for the disabled, so long as their actions toward such individuals are rational.” 20
2 Georgeen Stevens v. Illinois Department of Transportation
ca7 · 2000
green “disabled individuals, like any class, are protected by the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment.” 9
3 Evers v. Reak
ca7 · 2001
green “vague and conclusory allegations of the existence of a conspiracy are not enough to sustain a plaintiff's pleading burden.” 4
4 Walter B. Hamm v. Marvin Runyon, Postmaster General
ca7 · 1995
green “physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of such individual.” 3
5 Lewis v. Truitt
insd · 1997
green “for example, persons who have epilepsy, and a variety of other disabilities, are frequently inappropriately arrested and jailed because police officers have not received proper training in the recognition of and aid of seizures.” 3

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