8 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 197 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 Douglas v. Yates.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Douglas v. Yates Anchor | green | “while we do not require technical niceties in pleading, we must demand that the complaint state with some minimal particularity how overt acts of the defendant caused a legal wrong.” | 92 |
| 2 | Katie Lowery v. Honeywell International, Inc. | green | “an amended complaint supersedes the initial complaint and becomes the operative pleading in the case” | 44 |
| 3 | Damene W. Woldeab v. DeKalb County Board of Education | green | “where a more carefully drafted complaint might state a claim, a plaintiff must be given at least one chance to amend the complaint before the district court dismisses the action with prejudice.” | 21 |
| 4 | Katie Lowery v. Honeywell International, Inc. | green | “n amended complaint supersedes the initial complaint and becomes the operative pleading in the case.” | 14 |
| 5 | Smith v. Florida Department of Corrections | green | “hether governmental actors should have employed additional diagnostic techniques or forms of treatment is a classic example of a matter for medical judgment and therefore not an appropriate basis for grounding liability under the eighth amendment.” | 11 |
| 6 | Michael T. Byrne v. Camran Nezhat, M.D. | green | “hotgun pleadings, if tolerated, harm the court by impeding its ability to administer justice.” | 7 |
| 7 | Michael T. Byrne v. Camran Nezhat, M.D. | green | “shotgun pleadings, if tolerated, harm the court by impeding its ability to administer justice.” | 4 |
| 8 | Alabama v. Pugh | green | “there can be no doubt, however, that suit against the state and its board of corrections is barred by the eleventh amendment, unless has consented to the filing of such a suit.” | 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.