Definition: You will be given three sentences. Read them, then identify a noun phrase (person, place, or thing) or event that is shared between all three sentences. As the output, write the span of the text corresponding to that phrase in each sentence. Keep the order of the sentences, that is, your answer should look like: 1: *a phras from sentence 1e* 2: *a phras from sentence 2* 3: *a phrase from sentence 3*
Input: 1: Sutton , who sits on the 6th U.S . Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati , penned the only recent appellate court decision to uphold state bans on same-sex marriage . 2: His opinion , issued in November , goes up against an avalanche of judicial rulings striking down such bans . 3: Avalanche of appellate rulings have struck down state bans on same-sex marriage .

1: appellate court decision 2: judicial rulings 3: appellate rulings