6 canonical passages across 4 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 Rains v. Gardner.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rains v. Gardner Anchor | green | “whether the trial court abused its discretion and whether there was substantial evidence supporting the determination.” | 8 |
| 2 | Holmes v. Coast Transit Authority | green | “the plaintiff bears the burden of establishing good cause.” | 5 |
| 3 | Watters v. Stripling | green | “at least as much as would be required to show excusable neglect, as to which simple inadvertence or mistake of counsel or ignorance of the rules usually does not suffice.” | 4 |
| 4 | Webster v. Webster | green | “such diligence would support an allegation that good cause exists for failure to serve process timely.” | 4 |
| 5 | Rains v. Gardner | green | “would be a discretionary ruling on the part of the trial court and entitled to deferential review of whether the trial court abused its discretion and whether there was substantial evidence supporting the determination.” | 4 |
| 6 | Rains v. Gardner | green | “a discretionary ruling . . . and entitled to deferential review” | 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.