4 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 20 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 Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. Anchor | green | “nepa does set forth significant substantive goals for the nation, but its mandate to the agencies is essentially procedural.” | 10 |
| 2 | In Re BankAmerica Corp. Securities Litigation | green | “precisely the sort of lawyer-driven machinations the pslra was designed to prevent.” | 4 |
| 3 | Mary Stockslager v. Carroll Electric Cooperative Corporation | green | “nepa does set forth significant substantive goals for the nation, but its mandate to the agencies is essentially procedural.” | 3 |
| 4 | In Re BankAmerica Corp. Securities Litigation | green | “be given its intended scope if competing state court plaintiffs, representing a significantly smaller number of shares, could institute premature settlement negotiations which threaten the orderly conduct of the federal case and which could result in the release of the federal c…” | 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.