5 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 23 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 White v. Weiser.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | White v. Weiser Anchor | green | “in fashioning a reapportionment plan or in choosing among plans, a district court should not pre-empt the legislative task nor 'intrude upon state policy any more than necessary.” | 6 |
| 2 | Bellotti v. Baird | green | “abstention is appropriate where an unconstrued state statute is susceptible of a construction by the state judiciary 'which might avoid in whole or in part the necessity for federal constitutional adjudication, or at least materially change the nature of the problem.” | 6 |
| 3 | Upham v. Seamon | green | “in fashioning a reapportionment plan or in choosing among plans, a district court should not pre-empt the legislative task nor 'intrude upon state policy any more than necessary.” | 5 |
| 4 | Bellotti v. Baird | green | “abstention is appropriate where deferral to the state courts '... might avoid in whole or in part the necessity for federal constitutional adjudication, or at least materially change the nature of the problem.” | 3 |
| 5 | C-Y Development Company v. City Of Redlands | green | “abstention is appropriate where deferral to the state courts '... might avoid in whole or in part the necessity for federal constitutional adjudication, or at least materially change the nature of the problem.” | 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.