7 canonical passages across 5 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 Jaynes v. Com..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jaynes v. Com. Anchor | green | “the seemingly broad language about standing in the virginia v. hicks opinion cannot have the meaning now espoused by the commonwealth.” | 5 |
| 2 | Jaynes v. Com. | green | “the opinion of the united states supreme court in virginia v. hicks addressed the issue of first amendment standing only in the context by which that issue was placed before the court: whether a state's expansion of first amendment standing was subject to review by federal court…” | 4 |
| 3 | Ex Parte Ruiz | green | “it is well-established that this court is without constitutional or statutory authority to . . . render advisory opinions, except” | 4 |
| 4 | State v. Johnson | green | “we conclude that appellee's conduct was not 'sufficiently imbued with elements of communication' to implicate the first and fourteenth amendments,” | 4 |
| 5 | Provo City Corp. v. Willden | green | “the federal rules on standing . . . are not binding on state courts, and the article iii constitutional restrictions and federalistic prudential considerations that have guided the evolution of federal court standing law are not necessarily relevant to the development of the sta…” | 3 |
| 6 | State v. Rhine | green | “the powers of the government of the state of texas shall be divided into three distinct departments, each of which shall be confided to a separate body of magistracy, to wit: those which are legislative to one; those which are executive to another, and those which are judicial t…” | 3 |
| 7 | Jaynes v. Com. | green | “only in the context by which that issue was placed before the court: whether a state's expansion of first amendment standing was subject to review by federal courts.” | 2 |
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