5 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 32 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 Cire v. Cummings.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cire v. Cummings Anchor | green | “without reference to any guiding rules and principles,” | 11 |
| 2 | Gaspard v. Beadle | green | “a trial court's failure to specify the good cause for sanctions in a sanction order may be an abuse of discretion.” | 11 |
| 3 | Texas Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation, Inc. v. Lewellen | green | “courts have universally treated a delegation as private where 'interested groups have been given authoritative powers of determination, usually in conjunction with a public administrative agency.” | 4 |
| 4 | State Ex Rel. City of Colleyville v. City of Hurst | green | “in the nature of a writ of right for the king against a person who claimed or usurped any office, franchise, or liberty, to inquire by what authority he supported his claim, in order to determine the right.” | 3 |
| 5 | Association of Texas Professional Educators v. Kirby | green | “contrary to modern legal thinking” | 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.