5 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 20 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 Morgan v. Town of Lexington.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morgan v. Town of Lexington Anchor | green | “an alleged failure of the school to be effective in stopping bullying by other students is not action by the state to create or increase the danger.” | 8 |
| 2 | Beltran v. City of El Paso | green | “this court has consistently refused to recognize a 'state-created danger' theory of 1983 liability even where the question of the theory's viability has been squarely presented.” | 3 |
| 3 | Rios v. City of Del Rio TX | green | “either the supreme court nor this court has ever either adopted the state-created danger theory or sustained a recovery on the basis thereof.” | 3 |
| 4 | Bustos v. Martini Club, Inc. | green | “but this circuit has not adopted the state-created danger theory.” | 3 |
| 5 | Kovacic v. Villarreal | green | “the fifth circuit has not adopted the 'state-created danger' theory of liability.” | 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.