7 canonical passages across 7 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 Putnam v. Time Warner Cable of Southeastern Wisconsin, Ltd. Partnership.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Putnam v. Time Warner Cable of Southeastern Wisconsin, Ltd. Partnership Anchor | green | “defendants are presumed to know the law, and ignorance of the law, even if proved, would be no excuse” | 3 |
| 2 | State v. McKown | green | “where the state had clearly expressed its intention to permit good faith reliance on spiritual treatment and prayer as an alternative to conventional medical treatment, it cannot prosecute respondents for doing so without violating their rights to due process.” | 3 |
| 3 | Commonwealth v. Twitchell | green | “in its statute as follows: the meaning of the statutory language,” | 3 |
| 4 | Commonwealth v. Barnhart | green | “shay's diabetes had progressed to acute diabetic ketoacidosis.” | 3 |
| 5 | People v. Steinberg | green | “have a nondelegable affirmative duty to provide their children with adequate medical care” | 3 |
| 6 | Byrne v. State | green | “defendants are presumed to know the law, and ignorance of the law, even if proved, would be no excuse” | 3 |
| 7 | State v. Gonzalez | green | “there is a reasonable likelihood that the jury was misled and therefore applied potentially confusing instructions in an unconstitutional manner.” | 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.