6 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 CONSERVATORSHIP OF BITTNER.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In Re CONSERVATORSHIP OF BITTNER Anchor | green | “a finding is clearly erroneous when a reviewing court is left with a definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been made, even if there is evidence to support the finding.” | 4 |
| 2 | Packowski v. United Food & Commercial Workers Local 951 | green | “the supremacy clause of the united states constitution gives congress the authority to preempt state laws.” | 4 |
| 3 | Packowski v. United Food & Commercial Workers Local 951 | green | “there are three types of federal preemption: express preemption, conflict preemption, and field preemption.” | 4 |
| 4 | In Re CONSERVATORSHIP OF BITTNER | green | “irksome attendants to the aging process,” | 3 |
| 5 | Ter Beek v. City of Wyoming | green | “when state law stands as an obstacle to the accomplishment and execution of the full purposes and objectives of congress.” | 3 |
| 6 | In re Harper | green | “endowed with exclusive jurisdiction” | 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.