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 Bertha Estrella v. George A. Brandt, M.D., and French Hospital.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bertha Estrella v. George A. Brandt, M.D., and French Hospital Anchor | green | “an intermediate state appellate court decision is a 'datum for ascertaining state law which is not to be disregarded by a federal court unless it is convinced by other persuasive data that the highest court of the state would decide otherwise.” | 7 |
| 2 | Fiorito Bros., Inc. v. Fruehauf Corporation | green | “own best judgment in predicting how the state's highest court would decide the case.” | 7 |
| 3 | United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Lee Investment LLC | green | “perhaps a better way of putting it is to say that one of the goals in deciding state law questions is to do no harm to state jurisprudence.” | 3 |
| 4 | Bertha Estrella v. George A. Brandt, M.D., and French Hospital | green | “must ascertain from all available data what the state law is and apply it.” | 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.