6 canonical passages across 5 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 Ad v. Mab.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ad v. Mab Anchor | green | “issues of credibility and weight of the evidence ... to the presiding trial judge who viewed and assessed the witnesses first-hand.” | 5 |
| 2 | Galgon v. Martnick | green | “all that remained before the trial court was the pending support order.” | 5 |
| 3 | K.W.B. v. E.A.B. | green | “nothing is more detrimental to an effective resolution of custody matters than constant revisitation by different judges in different jurisdictions.” | 5 |
| 4 | S.K.C. v. J.L.C. | green | “it only requires common sense for a trial court to conclude that an issue will be resolved more expeditiously in a forum where proceedings have already commenced and where the trial court has held hearings on the child custody dispute than a forum where proceedings have not comm…” | 5 |
| 5 | S.K.C. v. J.L.C. | green | “was a credibility determination, best made by the trial court which witnessed mother testify.” | 5 |
| 6 | J.K. v. W.L.K. | green | “there is no custody petition for modification petition pending” | 5 |
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.