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 Hand v. Dean Witter Reynolds Inc..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hand v. Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. Anchor | green | “stocks, like other securities, are not goods.” | 3 |
| 2 | Eckert Cold Storage, Inc. v. Behl | green | “that an accountant 'causes' its client to incur tax liability when its advice induces the client to earn taxable income” | 3 |
| 3 | Eckert Cold Storage, Inc. v. Behl | green | “the plaintiffs' recovery must be limited to losses proximately caused by the defendant's alleged misrepresentations: the damages awarded should place the plaintiffs in the position they would have occupied had the misrepresentations not occurred.” | 3 |
| 4 | Cottonwood Financial Ltd. v. Cash Store Financial Services, Inc. | green | “stocks, like other securities, are not goods.” | 3 |
| 5 | McElhannon v. Ford | green | “the word 'services' is generally understood to mean work done by one person at the request of another.” | 3 |
| 6 | Lovelace Medical Center v. Mendez Ex Rel. Mendez | green | “when the defendant's tortious conduct has caused harm to the plaintiff or to his property and in so doing has conferred a special benefit to the interest of the plaintiff that was harmed, the value of the benefit conferred is considered in mitigation of damages, to the extent th…” | 3 |
| 7 | McNeill v. Burlington Resource Oil & Gas Co. | green | “fully compensate a plaintiff, or restore the plaintiff to his or her rightful position.” | 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.