5 canonical passages across 3 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 Anderson v. Jackson Mun. Airport Auth..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anderson v. Jackson Mun. Airport Auth. Anchor | green | “activities in which a municipal corporation engages, not required or imposed upon it by law, about which it is free to perform or not.” | 6 |
| 2 | Morgan v. City of Ruleville | green | “enjoys the defense of sovereign immunity depends upon whether the alleged conduct occurred in the exercise of a governmental function or in the exercise of a proprietary function.” | 4 |
| 3 | Morgan v. City of Ruleville | green | “proprietary activities are those which, while beneficial to the community and very important, are not vital to a city's functioning.” | 4 |
| 4 | Anderson v. Jackson Mun. Airport Auth. | green | “activities or services which a municipality is required by state law to engage in and to perform.” | 4 |
| 5 | Gressett v. Newton Separate Mun. School Dist. | green | “miss.code ann. 11-46-5 provides for a waiver of sovereign immunity as to the state from and after july 1, 1993 and for political subdivisions of the state from and after october 1, 1993, subject to a number of substantive and procedural limitations set forth in later sections o…” | 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.