6 canonical passages across 4 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 Birdwell v. Birdwell.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birdwell v. Birdwell Anchor | green | “an assumed obligation for spousal support is properly characterized as a contractual duty having 'whatever legal force the law of contracts will give to it.” | 4 |
| 2 | Birdwell v. Birdwell | green | “in suits to enforce agreed judgments, parties may not raise contractual defenses because such defenses constitute impermissible collateral attacks on the prior judgments.” | 4 |
| 3 | Birdwell v. Birdwell | green | “to the extent that the consent excuses error and operates to end all controversy between the parties.” | 4 |
| 4 | Wagner v. Warnasch | green | “thus, in suits to enforce agreed judgments, parties may not raise contractual defenses because such defenses constitute impermissible collateral attacks on the prior judgments.” | 4 |
| 5 | Texas Property & Casualty Insurance Guaranty Ass'n v. De Los Santos | green | “a judgment which settles all the legal issues and rights between the parties is final and appealable.” | 4 |
| 6 | Schwartz v. Schwartz | green | “as with any other contract, absent consent of the parties, the provisions of the agreement will not be modified or set aside except for fraud, accident or mutual mistake of fact.” | 4 |
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.