5 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 18 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 Richmond School Board v. Baliles.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richmond School Board v. Baliles Anchor | green | “educational deficiencies that result from problems such as poverty are best remedied by programs directed toward eliminating poverty, not by indirect solutions through school programs.” | 4 |
| 2 | Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education | green | “racially identifiable schools may not be operated.” | 4 |
| 3 | Capacchione v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools | green | “cms enjoys immunity from liability for any actions it took consistent with the court's injunction.” | 4 |
| 4 | Plessy v. Ferguson | red | “we consider the underlying fallacy of the plaintiff's argument to consist in the assumption that the enforced separation of the two races stamps the colored race with a badge of inferiority.” | 3 |
| 5 | Claude Frizzell Bloodgood, III v. David A. Garraghty, Warden Attorney General of Delaware | green | “an injunction is a drastic remedy and will not issue unless there is an imminent threat of illegal action.” | 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.