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7 canonical passages across 7 cases, quoted by 29 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 Susie Hebron v. Catherine Touhy and Albert Parks.

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1 Susie Hebron v. Catherine Touhy and Albert Parks Anchor
ca7 · 1994
green “police have a hard time evaluating competing claims about motive; they are entitled to act on the basis of observable events and let courts resolve conflicts about mental states.” 5
2 United States v. Moore
ca7 · 2011
green “the evidence was directed toward moore's intent and knowledge in distrib- uting drugs, which are crucial considerations in establishing the intent necessary for conspiracy to distribute drugs.” 4
3 Gerald M. And Maureen M., Individually and as Next Friend of Their Minor Children J. And M. v. J. Conneely and Village of Dolton
ca7 · 1988
green “if probable cause exists, an arrest is not tainted because a police officer may dislike one of the actors in the under- lying dispute, unless this is shown to be an important factor in the deci- sion.” 4
4 Ritchie v. Taylor
ca2 · 2017
green “the various rico predi- cate acts ritchie proposes all require specific intent.” 4
5 United States v. DeLia
ca10 · 2018
green “while at the clinic, investigators confiscated 5,625 blank pre-signed prescriptions and a sign-out log showing that the clinic's staff had already used 4,330 pre-signed pre- scriptions between march 1, 2010 and november 3, 2010.” 4
6 United States v. Lesa Chaney
ca6 · 2019
green “evidence of the cir- cumstances surrounding a prescription allows juries to infer that a physician's purpose was something other than legiti- mate medical treatment.” 4
7 Alarcon v. State
indctapp · 1991
green “he writing of a valid prescription by a licensed phy- sician is an absolute defense to a charge of dealing in a con- trolled substance.” 4

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