6 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 24 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 Dana Blackie v. State of Maine.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dana Blackie v. State of Maine Anchor | green | “typically, the employer must either (1) take something of consequence from the employee, say, by discharging or demoting her, reducing her salary, or divesting her of significant responsibilities, or (2) withhold from the employee an accouterment of the employment relationship, …” | 9 |
| 2 | Digna Serrano-Cruz, Hector Irizarry, and the Conjugal Society Comprised Between Them v. Dfi Puerto Rico, Inc. | green | “by not accepting the newly created and ambiguous position, serrano foreclosed the possibility of presenting concrete evidence, rather than mere assertions, to a jury regarding the intolerable nature of her new working conditions.” | 3 |
| 3 | prod.liab.rep. (Cch) P 15,170 Generoso Perez-Trujillo v. Volvo Car Corporation (Sweden) | green | “trial courts should 'use restraint in granting summary judgment' where discriminatory animus is in issue.” | 3 |
| 4 | Clean Harbors Environmental Services, Inc. v. Alexis M. Herman, Secretary, United States Department of Labor and Thomas Dutkiewicz, Intervenor | green | “both parties have accepted this allocation of the bop as the standard and we do not reexamine it.” | 3 |
| 5 | Rosemary Frobose v. American Savings and Loan Association of Danville, a State Chartered Federally Insured Savings and Loan | green | “given that the burden of proof on this point is assigned to the defendant, and questions of intent and credibility will often be raised, particular care must be taken to resolve all doubts in favor of the plaintiff.” | 3 |
| 6 | Simas v. First Citizens' Federal Credit Union | green | “proffered no facts to explain the extent of his prior authority and the significance of the 'removal.” | 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.