7 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 151 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 McKinney v. Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McKinney v. Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc. Anchor | green | “benefit from coordinated pretrial proceedings as part of this mdl.” | 23 |
| 2 | McKinney v. Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc. | green | “the panel has discretion to remand, for example, when everything that remains to be done is case-specific.” | 23 |
| 3 | Pickering v. A.L.S. Enterprises, Inc. | green | “familiar with the state law of their respective jurisdictions” | 23 |
| 4 | In re Louisiana-Pacific Corp. Trimboard Siding Marketing, Sales Practices & Products Liability Litigation | green | “given this overlap and the limited number of actions... informal cooperation was practicable and would avoid duplicative proceedings” | 23 |
| 5 | Pickering v. A.L.S. Enterprises, Inc. | green | “the fact that the plaintiffs' claims have some degree of commonality is not a sufficient reason to keep the related actions here.” | 21 |
| 6 | In Re Air Crash Disaster at Tenerife, Canary Islands | green | “whether section 1407 remand is appropriate for actions or claims in any particular multidistrict docket is based upon the totality of circumstances involved in that docket.” | 20 |
| 7 | In Re Brand-Name Prescription Drugs Antitrust Litigation | green | “the fact that the plaintiffs' claims have some degree of commonality is not a sufficient reason to keep the related actions here.” | 18 |
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.