7 canonical passages across 6 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 Nathan H. Schur, Inc. v. City of Santa Monica.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nathan H. Schur, Inc. v. City of Santa Monica Anchor | green | “that because of the invalidity of the city laws and the licensing thereunder the city is illegally spending money in such licensing and in policing the games.” | 3 |
| 2 | Eldridge v. Burns | green | “where the particular point was essential to the decision, and the appellate judgment could not have issued without its determination, a necessary conclusion is that the point was impliedly decided, even though the point was not raised by counsel or expressly mentioned.” | 3 |
| 3 | People v. Salcido | green | “usual and ordinary import of those words.” | 3 |
| 4 | Yu v. Signet Bank/Virginia | green | “litigants are not free to continually reinvent their position on legal issues that have been resolved against them by an appellate court,” | 3 |
| 5 | Yu v. Signet Bank/Virginia | green | “explicit and implicit conclusions of law establish the law of the case.” | 3 |
| 6 | Animal Legal Defense Fund v. California Exposition & State Fairs | green | “circumvent the prohibition recognized in mendes by couching their claim as a section 526a taxpayer action.” | 3 |
| 7 | Perrin v. Mountain View Mausoleum Assn. | green | “the expression of the fundamental rule that courts of equity are not concerned with criminal matters and they cannot be resorted to for the prevention of criminal acts, except where property rights are involved.” | 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.