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7 canonical passages across 5 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 Bute v. League City.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bute v. League City Anchor | green | “did not have more than 5,000 inhabitants as required by the constitution,” | 3 |
| 2 | Bute v. League City | green | “or its governing body were actuated by fraud, bad faith or abuse of discretion,” | 3 |
| 3 | Bute v. League City | green | “state would not have been in any better position to attack the ordinance in such event than were appellants and hence there would be no reason for quo warranto proceedings.” | 3 |
| 4 | City of Kingsville v. International Ass'n of Firefighters Local Union No. 2390 | green | “is not within the scope of an election contest.” | 3 |
| 5 | Rossano v. Townsend | green | “a special legislative proceeding.” | 3 |
| 6 | Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Overall | green | “the proceedings by means of which it was attempted to annex the land of appellants were, we think, void, and not mere irregularities, and the rule is familiar that void acts may be questioned collaterally.” | 3 |
| 7 | Parks v. West | green | “convenience, merely, and is not to be so applied as to defeat the assertion of just legal rights by parties in the courts.” | 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.