4 canonical passages across 3 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 Reid v. Boyle.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reid v. Boyle Anchor | green | “to protect the trial court from appeals based upon undisclosed grounds, to prevent the setting of traps on appeal, to enable the trial judge to rule intelligently, and to avoid unnecessary reversals and mistrials.” | 12 |
| 2 | Scialdone v. Com. | green | “to satisfy the rule, 'an objection must be made . . . at a point in the proceeding when the trial court is in a position, not only to consider the asserted error, but also to rectify the effect of the asserted error.” | 5 |
| 3 | Jackson v. Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. Co. | green | “determine whether or not the rulings and judgment of the court below . . . were correct.” | 4 |
| 4 | Reid v. Boyle | green | “exists to protect the trial court from appeals based upon undisclosed grounds, to prevent the setting of traps on appeal, to enable the trial judge to rule intelligently, and to avoid unnecessary reversals and mistrials.” | 2 |
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.