7 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 21 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 Budd Tire Corp. v. Pierce Tire Co..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Budd Tire Corp. v. Pierce Tire Co. Anchor | green | “the assets purchased by the successor, at least in part, were derived from the forum and the successor no doubt had knowledge of its predecessor's presence within the forum.” | 3 |
| 2 | A. David Ostrem, Sr. v. Prideco Secure Loan Fund, Lp | green | “an assignee . . . assumes a limited bundle of rights, obligations, and expectations.” | 3 |
| 3 | McAlister v. American Railway Express Co. | green | “where two corporations effect a consolidation (or merger), and one of them goes entirely out of existence, and no arrangements are made respecting its liabilities, the resulting consolidated (or merged), corporation will, as a general rule, be entitled to all the property and an…” | 3 |
| 4 | Perry Drug Stores v. CSK Auto Corp. | green | “a court may impute the jurisdictional contacts of a corporate predecessor to its successor where the successor expressly assumed the liability of the predecessor” | 3 |
| 5 | State of N.C. v. E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. | green | “a corporation which purchases all, or substantially all, of the assets of another corporation is generally not liable for the old corporation's debts or liabilities.” | 3 |
| 6 | State of N.C. v. E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. | green | “chemours' assumption of pfas liabilities as a legal matter does not preclude corteva and new dupont from assuming those same pfas liabilities and corteva and new dupont do not cite any authority supporting this position.” | 3 |
| 7 | State of N.C. v. E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. | green | “it is clear that by execution of the dowdupont separation agreement and the letter agreement, corteva and new dupont assumed certain liabilities related to old dupont's manufacturing of pfas.” | 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.