8 canonical passages across 8 cases, quoted by 30 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 Travelers Casualty & Surety Co. of America v. Brenneke.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Travelers Casualty & Surety Co. of America v. Brenneke Anchor | green | “pitched the papers through a hole in the screen door of defendant's apartment” | 5 |
| 2 | Virgin Islands Government Hospitals & Health Facilities Corp. v. Government of the Virgin Islands, Department of Health | green | “when the legislature chose to divest the district court of subject matter jurisdiction over matters arising under virgin islands law, the superior court became the only trial court of record with general civil jurisdiction (including divorce jurisdiction), and all the common law…” | 4 |
| 3 | Beachside Associates, LLC v. Fishman | green | “therefore, because beachside failed to provide the trial court with some reasonable basis for its failure to serve fishman within the time specified by frcp 4(m), we hold that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in finding in its october 14, 2008 order that beachside ha…” | 4 |
| 4 | Brunn v. Dowdye | green | “prior to considering the merits of a matter before it, a court is obligated to examine whether it has subject matter jurisdiction over the dispute. if the pertinent statutory provisions . . . are jurisdictional, the superior court correctly questioned whether the statute's requi…” | 4 |
| 5 | RICHARDS v. PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RELATIONS BOARD | green | “not presume that the legislature intends to abrogate or modify a common law rule except to the extent expressly declared or clearly indicated” | 4 |
| 6 | US v. Don Fernando De La Maza Arredondo & Others | green | “lastly, regarding consideration of context, legislatures are presumed to know the common law of the united states and to have incorporated it in all its relevant aspects into any statutory codification of the common law.” | 3 |
| 7 | Rivera-Moreno v. Government of the Virgin Islands | green | “is mindful that decisions of federal courts interpreting a rule of federal procedure represent persuasive rather than binding authority in the context of the ... interpretation of an identical virgin islands rule” | 3 |
| 8 | Ernest v. Morris | green | “if the trial court never obtained personal jurisdiction over the defendant, any default judgment issued pursuant to entry of default is void and must be set aside as a matter of law; said differently, the trial court lacks discretion to decline to set aside a judgment that is vo…” | 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.