7 canonical passages across 7 cases, quoted by 122 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 Phillips v. Girdich.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phillips v. Girdich Anchor | green | “we leave it for the district court to determine what other claims, if any, has raised. in so doing, the court's imagination should be limited only by factual allegations, not by the legal claims set out in his pleadings.” | 43 |
| 2 | Burgos v. Hopkins | green | “e read supporting papers liberally, and will interpret them to raise the strongest arguments that they suggest.” | 38 |
| 3 | Tangreti v. Bachmann | green | “there is no special rule for supervisor liability.” | 20 |
| 4 | Williams v. Correctional Officers | green | “we have not yet decided whether a prisoner asserting a free-exercise claim must, as a threshold requirement, show that the disputed conduct substantially burdened his sincerely held religious beliefs.” | 9 |
| 5 | Shell v. Brzezniak | green | “nmate grievance programs created by state law are not required by the constitution and consequently allegations that prison officials violated those procedures does not give rise to a cognizable 1983 claim.” | 4 |
| 6 | Rosales v. Kikendall | green | “in this circuit, allegations of verbal harassment or threats are generally an insufficient basis for an inmate's 1983 claim.” | 4 |
| 7 | Gill v. Hoadley | green | “42 u.s.c. 1983 is not designed to rectify harassment or verbal abuse.” | 4 |
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.