7 canonical passages across 4 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 Viner v. Sweet.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viner v. Sweet Anchor | green | “introduce evidence which affords a reasonable basis for the conclusion that it is more likely than not that the conduct of the defendant was a cause in fact of the result.” | 7 |
| 2 | Ferguson v. Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP | green | “is ordinarily concerned, not with the fact of causation, but with the various considerations of policy that limit an actor's responsibility for the consequences of his conduct.” | 5 |
| 3 | Ferguson v. Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP | green | “proximate cause "is ordinarily concerned, not with the fact of causation, but with the various considerations of policy that limit an actor's responsibility for the consequences of his conduct.” | 3 |
| 4 | Viner v. Sweet | green | “a plaintiff suing an attorney for transactional malpractice need not show that the harm would not have occurred in the absence of the attorney's negligence.” | 3 |
| 5 | Bettencourt v. Hennessy Industries, Inc. | green | “the substantial factor standard is a relatively broad one, requiring only that the contribution of the individual cause be more than negligible or theoretical.” | 3 |
| 6 | State ex rel. Wilson v. Superior Court | green | “just as factors such as the magnitude and temporal proximity of the unlawful conduct might evidence or negate the existence of fraud, so too might many of the same factors influence the extent to which an inference of causation is appropriate.” | 3 |
| 7 | State ex rel. Wilson v. Superior Court | green | “that if the prescription would have been written even without bms's unlawful inducement, the unlawful conduct cannot be found to have caused the prescription and claim.” | 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.