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7 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 22 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 Pennell v. United Insurance.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pennell v. United Insurance Anchor | green | “money voluntarily paid on a claim of right, with full knowledge of all the facts, in the absence of fraud, deception, duress, or compulsion, cannot be recovered back merely because the party at the time of payment was ignorant of or mistook the law as to his liability.” | 4 |
| 2 | Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Gill | green | “it is true that, to the extent the subject matter of peake's claims is covered by the parties' contract, the rule would not apply.” | 3 |
| 3 | Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Gill | green | “the rule is a defense to claims asserting unjust enrichment, not to claims for breach of contract.” | 3 |
| 4 | Peltier Enterprises, Inc. v. Hilton | green | “the basic test is whether, in the light of the general commercial background and the commercial needs of the particular trade or case, the clauses involved are so one-sided as to be unconscionable under the circumstances existing at the time of the making of the contract.” | 3 |
| 5 | Gibson v. Bostick Roofing and Sheet Metal Co. | green | “may arise either from a principal knowingly permitting an agent to hold herself out as having authority or by a principal's actions which lack such ordinary care as to clothe an agent with the indicia of authority, thus leading a reasonably prudent person to believe that the age…” | 3 |
| 6 | Grant Thornton LLP v. Suntrust Bank | green | “how or whether other members of the class may have weighed the importance of the new money interest rate in making their investment decision.” | 3 |
| 7 | Gaither v. Lindsey | green | “if, however, appellant in any way represented himself to be a practicing physician, when he was not authorized to practice medicine, and appellee was thereby induced to employ and pay him for professional services, he could recover back the money so paid.” | 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.