8 canonical passages across 7 cases, quoted by 29 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 Patterson v. Blair.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patterson v. Blair Anchor | green | “purpose, however misguided, is wholly or in part to further the master's business.” | 6 |
| 2 | Osborne v. Payne | green | “to be within the scope of its employment, the conduct must be of the same general nature as that authorized or incidental to the conduct authorized.” | 4 |
| 3 | Papa John's International Inc. v. McCoy | green | “under the doctrine of respondeat superior, an employer can be held vicariously liable for an employee's tortious actions if committed in the scope of his or her employment.” | 4 |
| 4 | Williams v. Kentucky Department of Education | green | “it is well established in this jurisdiction that a school teacher can be held liable for injuries caused by negligent supervision of his/her students” | 3 |
| 5 | Deutsch v. Shein | red | “a finding of causation in fact, i.e., substantial cause, and the absence of a public policy rule of law which prohibits the imposition of liability.” | 3 |
| 6 | Estate of Klieman v. Palestinian Authority | green | “under international law, a state is an entity that has a defined territory and a permanent population, under the control of its own government, and that engages in, or has the capacity to engage in, formal relations with other such entities.” | 3 |
| 7 | Leutwyler v. Office of Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah | green | “nelson rests on a broader principle, directing district courts first to ascertain the claim's gravamen to determine whether the fsia plaintiff is simply using creative nomenclature as a semantic ploy to shroud the true essence of its theory and obtain jurisdiction over a claim t…” | 3 |
| 8 | Leutwyler v. Office of Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah | green | “obtain jurisdiction over a claim that congress did not intend to be brought against a foreign sovereign.” | 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.