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4 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 22 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 Slaney v. Westwood Auto, Inc..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slaney v. Westwood Auto, Inc. Anchor | green | “a statute of broad impact which creates new substantive rights and provides new procedural devices for the enforcement of those rights.” | 7 |
| 2 | Commonwealth v. DeCotis | green | “makes conduct unlawful which was not unlawful under the common law or any prior statute.” | 6 |
| 3 | Heller v. Silverbranch Construction Corp. | green | “not dependent on traditional tort or contract law concepts for its definition.” | 5 |
| 4 | Slaney v. Westwood Auto, Inc. | green | “is a statute of broad impact which creates new substantive rights and provides new procedural devices for the enforcement of those rights.” | 4 |
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.