7 canonical passages across 7 cases, quoted by 21 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 Jenkins v. Swan.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jenkins v. Swan Anchor | green | “his court will not readily relieve a plaintiff of the . . . requirement of showing a real and personal interest in the dispute.” | 3 |
| 2 | Trustees for Alaska v. State | green | “axpayer-citizen status is a sufficient basis on which to challenge allegedly illegal government conduct on matters of significant public concern.” | 3 |
| 3 | Godfrey v. State | green | “we believe our doctrine of standing in iowa is not so rigid that an excep- tion to the injury requirement could not be recognized for citizens who seek to resolve certain questions of great public importance and interest in our system of government.” | 3 |
| 4 | Dague v. Piper Aircraft Corp. | green | “one basic principle of our review is that, in considering the validity of an act under this constitutional provision, a very liberal interpretation is to be applied, with all doubts resolved in favor of the legislation's validity.” | 3 |
| 5 | Bigelow v. Hartford Bridge Co. | green | “he very object of all suits, both at law and in equity," is "o preserve and enforce the rights of persons, as individuals, and not as members of the community at large.” | 3 |
| 6 | State ex rel. Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers v. Sheward | green | “this court has long taken the position that when the issues sought to be litigated are of great im- portance and interest to the public, they may be resolved in a form of action that involves no rights or obligations peculiar to named parties.” | 3 |
| 7 | Marioneaux v. Cutler | green | “he legislature may not disregard the by simply making the legislative intention clear in the act itself.” | 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.