7 canonical passages across 7 cases, quoted by 28 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 ANR Production Co. v. Westburne Drilling, Inc..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ANR Production Co. v. Westburne Drilling, Inc. Anchor | green | “a hole in a drill pipe or tool joint.” | 4 |
| 2 | In Re Cancellation of the Stabio Ditch Water Right on Spearfish Creek | green | “the essential element of equitable estoppel is fraud.” | 4 |
| 3 | Scurlock Oil Company v. Getty Oil Company | green | “release, relinquish and quit claim all of its rights” | 4 |
| 4 | Lawshe v. Glen Park Lbr. Co., Inc. | green | “the essential element of equitable estoppel is fraud.” | 4 |
| 5 | Phyllis Maness v. K & A Enterprises of Mississippi, LLC | green | “fraud is not required for equitable estoppel to be applied” | 4 |
| 6 | SM Energy Co. v. Sutton | green | “it was the orris' owners' burden to include an express provision to save their orris from being extinguished by a partial termination that the lease expressly contemplated.” | 4 |
| 7 | Apache Deepwater, LLC v. McDaniel Partners, Ltd. | green | “thus, in the case of a single lease, an overriding royalty ... will not survive termination of the leasehold it burdens unless the parties have expressly agreed otherwise.” | 4 |
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.