6 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 Napleton v. Village of Hinsdale.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Napleton v. Village of Hinsdale Anchor | green | “in construing the validity of a municipal ordinance, the same rules are applied as those which govern the construction of statutes.” | 7 |
| 2 | In Re MT | green | “the invalidity of the statute in one particular set of circumstances is insufficient to prove its facial invalidity.” | 6 |
| 3 | People v. Brady | green | “requires a party to show that the statute violates the constitution as the statute applies to him.” | 4 |
| 4 | People v. One 1998 GMC | green | “a challenge to the facial validity of a statute is the most difficult challenge to mount successfully because an enactment is invalid on its face only if no set of circumstances exists under which it would be valid.” | 4 |
| 5 | Eva Ciechon v. The City of Chicago | green | “such as discrimination on the basis of race, religion, the exercise of first amendment rights, or bad faith.” | 3 |
| 6 | People v. Clark | green | “the united states supreme court has provided this expansive remedy out of concern that the threat of enforcement of an overbroad law may deter or chill constitutionally protected speech, especially when the statute imposes criminal sanctions.” | 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.