7 canonical passages across 7 cases, quoted by 28 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 Perkins v. Lukens Steel Co..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Perkins v. Lukens Steel Co. Anchor | green | “the benefits of injunction" improperly extended "to bidders throughout the nation who were not parties to any proceeding, who were not before the court and who had sought no relief” | 4 |
| 2 | Guaranty Trust Co. v. York | green | “he federal courts no power that they would not have had in any event when courts were given 'cognizance,' by the first judiciary act, of suits 'in equity” | 4 |
| 3 | Cooper v. Aaron | green | “all constitutional government is by definition limited government” | 4 |
| 4 | Gill v. Whitford | green | “he only way to vindicate an individual plaintiff 's right to an equally weighted vote through a wholesale 'restructuring of the geographical distribution of seats in a state legislature” | 4 |
| 5 | Mock v. Garland | green | “njunc- tions should be crafted to 'provide complete relief to the plaintiffs” | 4 |
| 6 | Haaland v. Brackeen | green | “it is a federal court's judgment, not its opinion, that remedies an injury” | 4 |
| 7 | United States v. Rahimi | green | “the law must comport with the principles underlying the sec- ond amendment, but it need not be a 'dead ringer' or a 'his- torical twin” | 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.