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8 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 152 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 Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Thompson Ex Rel. Thompson.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Thompson Ex Rel. Thompson Anchor | green | “jurisdiction may not be sustained on a theory that the plaintiff has not advanced.” | 72 |
| 2 | The Fair v. Kohler Die & Specialty Co. | green | “the party who brings a suit is master to decide what law he will rely upon.” | 32 |
| 3 | The Fair v. Kohler Die & Specialty Co. | green | “of course, the party who brings a suit is master to decide what law he will rely upon.” | 15 |
| 4 | The Fair v. Kohler Die & Specialty Co. | green | “the party who brings a suit is master to decide what law he will rely upon” | 8 |
| 5 | Great Northern Railway Co. v. Alexander | green | “the plaintiff may by the allegations of his complaint determine the status with respect to removability of a case.” | 7 |
| 6 | Arana v. Ochsner Health Plan | green | “arises when a federal law conflicts with state law, thus providing a federal defense to a state law claim, but does not completely preempt the field of state law so as to transform a state law claim into a federal claim.” | 7 |
| 7 | Arana v. Ochsner Health Plan | green | “there is an exception to the well-pleaded complaint rule, though, if congress 'so completely preempts a particular area that any civil complaint raising this select group of claims is necessarily federal in character.” | 6 |
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.