6 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 37 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 In Re Weekley Homes, L.P..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In Re Weekley Homes, L.P. Anchor | green | “prevents a party from insisting upon his strict legal rights when it would be unjust to allow him to enforce them.” | 8 |
| 2 | University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center v. Loutzenhiser | red | “words and phrases shall be read in context and construed according to the rules of grammar and common usage” | 8 |
| 3 | Fretz Construction Co. v. Southern National Bank of Houston | green | “damages recoverable in a case of promissory estoppel are not the profit that the promisee expected, but only the amount necessary to restore him to the position he would have been in had he not acted in reliance on the promise.” | 7 |
| 4 | Sun Oil Co. (Delaware) v. Madeley | green | “the damages recoverable by a party claiming estoppel are not measured by the profits that such party's reliance led him to expect, but instead are limited to the amount necessary to compensate that party for a loss already suffered.” | 5 |
| 5 | Wheeler v. White | green | “the promisee is to be allowed to recover no more than reliance damages measured by the detriment sustained.” | 5 |
| 6 | Sun Oil Co. (Delaware) v. Madeley | green | “not measured by the profits that such party's reliance led him to expect, but instead are limited to the amount necessary to compensate that party for a loss already suffered.” | 4 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment — for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.