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6 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 36 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 Neff v. George.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neff v. George Anchor | green | “expresses the policy of the courts to stand by precedents and not to disturb settled points.” | 8 |
| 2 | Chicago Bar Ass'n v. Illinois State Board of Elections | green | “is the means by which courts ensure that the law will not merely change erratically, but will develop in a principled and intelligible fashion.” | 7 |
| 3 | Moehle v. Chrysler Motors Corp. | green | “to rely upon this court's decisions with assurance that they will not be lightly overruled.” | 6 |
| 4 | Chicago Bar Ass'n v. Illinois State Board of Elections | green | “the doctrine of stare decisis is the means by which courts ensure that the law will not merely change erratically, but will develop in a principled and intelligible fashion.” | 6 |
| 5 | People v. Robinson | green | “merely because the court is of the opinion that it might decide otherwise were the question a new one.” | 5 |
| 6 | Huey v. the Town of Cicero | green | “independently of statutory or common-law concepts of sovereign immunity.” | 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.