7 canonical passages across 4 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 In Re Arnett.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In Re Arnett Anchor | green | “adopt any name he or she chooses so long as the name is not adopted to defraud or intentionally confuse.” | 3 |
| 2 | People v. Jacobs | green | “the discretion of a trial judge is not a whimsical, uncontrolled power, but a legal discretion, which is subject to the limitations of legal principles governing the subject of its action, . . .” | 3 |
| 3 | Lee v. Superior Court | green | “the judiciary should not lend the great seal of the state of california to aid a person in a 'social experiment' who proposes to change their name to a word or phrase that is determined to be vulgar and offensive.” | 3 |
| 4 | Lee v. Superior Court | green | “the trial court's determination that the proposed surname was vulgar, offensive, and a racial slur was a substantial and principled reason for denial of the motion.” | 3 |
| 5 | In re Forchion | green | “if no objection is filed . . . the court may, without hearing, enter the order that the change of name is granted.” | 3 |
| 6 | In re Forchion | green | “it is not unreasonable to conclude that the usage of numbers for designating or describing persons might cause inherent confusion in public records which, in turn, may well facilitate deception or fraud of individuals, institutions or the public as a whole.” | 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.