4 canonical passages across 2 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 State v. Robertson.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | State v. Robertson Anchor | green | “no law shall be passed restraining the free expression of opinion, or restricting the right to speak, write, or print freely on any subject whatever; but every person shall be responsible for the abuse of this right.” | 18 |
| 2 | State v. Robertson | green | “perjury, solicitation or verbal assistance in crime, some forms of theft, forgery and fraud and their contemporary variants.” | 7 |
| 3 | State v. Robertson | green | “wholly confined within some historical exception that was well established when the first american guarantees of freedom of expression were adopted and that the guarantees then or in 1859 demonstrably were not intended to reach.” | 5 |
| 4 | State v. Stoneman | green | “did not describe the communication, the commerce in which is forbidden, specifically in terms of harmful effects.” | 2 |
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.