7 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 25 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 Real Truth About Obama, Inc. v. Federal Election Commission.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real Truth About Obama, Inc. v. Federal Election Commission Anchor | green | “beyond the unverified allegations in the pleadings.” | 5 |
| 2 | Imagine Medispa, LLC v. Transformations, Inc. | green | “all four elements must be established by a 'clear showing' before the injunction will issue.” | 4 |
| 3 | Rodney Pierce v. North Carolina State Board of Elections | green | “plaintiffs must show 'that the balance of equities tips in their favor' winter factor three and 'that an injunction is in the public interest.' winter factor four . . . these 'factors merge when the government is the opposing party.” | 4 |
| 4 | Pedro Lozano v. City of Hazleton | green | “that approach would reject a conflict preemption claim in a facial challenge whenever a defendant can conjure up just one hypothetical factual scenario in which implementation of the state law would not directly interfere with federal law.” | 3 |
| 5 | State ex rel. Loughry v. Tennant | green | “the most critical aspect of severability analysis involves the degree of dependency of statutes.” | 3 |
| 6 | State ex rel. Loughry v. Tennant | green | “the valid and the invalid provisions of a statute are so connected and 8 while the parties do not specifically address severability, the court feels constrained to do so. 27 interdependent in subject matter, meaning, or purpose as to preclude the belief, presumption or conclusio…” | 3 |
| 7 | Darius Vitkus v. Antony Blinken | green | “is likely to suffer irreparable harm in the absence of preliminary relief” | 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.