8 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 27 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 Satterfield v. Satterfield.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Satterfield v. Satterfield Anchor | green | “will not be extended beyond its plain meaning or applied to cases not clearly within its purview.” | 4 |
| 2 | Satterfield v. Satterfield | green | “while texas follows the rule that statutes in derogation of the common law are not to be strictly construed, it is recognized that if a statute creates a liability unknown to the common law, or deprives a person of a common law right, the statute will be strictly construed in th…” | 4 |
| 3 | Mut. Pharm. Co. v. Bartlett | green | “our pre-emption cases presume that an actor seeking to satisfy both his federal- and state-law obligations is not required to cease acting altogether in order to avoid liability.” | 4 |
| 4 | Union Pacific Railroad v. Chicago Transit Authority | green | “even if the property was not being used and union pacific had no immediate plans to use this property, a taking of this property would still prevent union pacific from using it for railroad transportation in the future” | 3 |
| 5 | Adrian & Blissfield Railroad v. Village of Blissfield | green | “state law actions can be preempted as applied if they have the effect of unreasonably burdening or interfering with rail transportation,” | 3 |
| 6 | Adrian & Blissfield Railroad v. Village of Blissfield | green | “unreasonably burdensome and did not discriminate against railroads” | 3 |
| 7 | Tubbs v. Surface Transportation Board | green | “subject construction of elevated railroad embankments to state regulation . . . via negligence” | 3 |
| 8 | Alabama Assn. of Realtors v. Department of Health and Human Servs. | green | “breathtaking amount of authority,” | 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.