7 canonical passages across 7 cases, quoted by 22 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 Kelton Arms Condominium Owners Association, Inc. v. Homestead Insurance Company.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kelton Arms Condominium Owners Association, Inc. v. Homestead Insurance Company Anchor | green | “e decline to create a circuit split unless there is a compelling reason to do so.” | 4 |
| 2 | Michael Dunham Murphy v. Missouri Department of Corrections Winfrey Dickerson Dora B. Schriro Elijah Nagbe Steve Long Michael Kemna | green | “several factors cause us to conclude that congress intended that the language of the act is to be applied just as it was under rfra” | 3 |
| 3 | The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta v. Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | green | “same substantial burden analysis” | 3 |
| 4 | Charles Mack v. Warden Loretto FCI | green | “he two statutes are analogous for purposes of the substantial burden test.” | 3 |
| 5 | Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. v. Comer | green | “he exclusion of trinity lutheran from a public benefit for which it is otherwise qualified, solely because it is a church, is odious to our constitution ... and cannot stand.” | 3 |
| 6 | McGirt v. Oklahoma | green | “t's equally clear that congress has since broken more than a few of its promises to the tribe.” | 3 |
| 7 | Yellen v. Confederated Tribes of Chehalis Reservation | green | “ordinarily . . . this court reads statutory language as a term of art only when the language was used in that way at the time of the statute's adoption.” | 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.