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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 49 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 Lavespere v. Niagara Machine & Tool Works, Inc..

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1 Lavespere v. Niagara Machine & Tool Works, Inc. Anchor
ca5 · 1990
red “because the denial of a motion for summary judgment is an interlocutory order, the trial court is free to reconsider and reverse its decision for any reason it deems sufficient, even in the absence of new evidence or an intervening change in or clarification of the substantive l…” 34
2 Saint Annes Development Company v. Neal Trabich
ca4 · 2011
green “the power to reconsider or modify interlocutory rulings 'is committed to the discretion of the district court,' and that discretion is not cabined by the 'heightened standards for reconsideration' governing final orders.” 15

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