7 canonical passages across 4 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 Star Insurance v. Risk Marketing Group Inc..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Star Insurance v. Risk Marketing Group Inc. Anchor | green | “the fact that some aspects of an order are immediately appealable does not alter the inter- locutory nature of the district court's decision.” | 5 |
| 2 | City of Hammond v. Herman & Kittle Properties, Inc. and State of Indiana | green | “the offending provision is not severable, and the whole statute must be stricken.” | 5 |
| 3 | City of Hammond v. Herman & Kittle Properties, Inc. and State of Indiana | green | “whether the statute can stand on its own without the invalid provision, and whether the legislature intended the remainder of the statute to stand if the invalid provision is severed.” | 5 |
| 4 | Barr v. American Assn. of Political Consultants, Inc. | green | “constitutional litigation is not a game of gotcha ... where litigants can ride a discrete constitutional flaw in a stat- ute to take down the whole, otherwise constitutional stat- ute.” | 5 |
| 5 | Barr v. American Assn. of Political Consultants, Inc. | green | “what is the point of fighting this long battle ... if the prize for winning is no relief at all?” | 5 |
| 6 | Gregory Ruggles v. Jacqueline Ruggles | green | “a matter is moot if it be- comes impossible for a federal court to provide 'any effectual relief' to the plaintiff.” | 5 |
| 7 | City of Hammond v. Herman & Kittle Properties, Inc. and State of Indiana | green | “whether the legislature intended the remainder of the statute to stand if the invalid provision is severed.” | 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.