7 canonical passages across 7 cases, quoted by 25 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 John Xydakis v. Daniel O'Brien.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Xydakis v. Daniel O'Brien Anchor | green | “n appellate brief that does not even try to engage the reasons the appellant lost has no pro- spect of success.” | 5 |
| 2 | Carr v. Tillery | green | “although the suit is not frivolous, or at least not utterly so, it is so lacking in merit ... that its pursuit by the plaintiff indicates a motive to harass.” | 4 |
| 3 | Mains v. Citibank, N.A. | green | “the state's courts are quite capable of protecting their own integrity.” | 4 |
| 4 | In the Matter of Robert John Love, Debtor-Appellant | green | “iling a chapter 13 petition in order to thwart the payment of an otherwise nondischargeable income tax debt ... was not one of the in- tended purposes of the bankruptcy provisions. ... he bank- ruptcy court's finding of lack of good faith is not clearly erro- neous.” | 3 |
| 5 | PNC Bank v. Sheila Spencer | green | “in sum, this appeal is frivolous, and we are troubled by nora's conduct in this litigation. ... e suspect that the removal was part of a strategy designed to gum up the progress of the case.” | 3 |
| 6 | Spencer v. Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. | green | “as previously ex- plained to , the rooker-feldman doctrine deprives fed- eral courts of jurisdiction to review a state court decision.” | 3 |
| 7 | In re Lisse | green | “the right place to propose judicial notice, once a case is in a court of appeals, is in a brief. ... there's no need to engage in motions practice, require the attention of additional appellate judges, and defer briefing.” | 3 |
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.