6 canonical passages across 5 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 Thomas R. Lussier v. Marvin Runyon, United States Postmaster General, Thomas R. Lussier v. Marvin Runyon, United States Postmaster General.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas R. Lussier v. Marvin Runyon, United States Postmaster General, Thomas R. Lussier v. Marvin Runyon, United States Postmaster General Anchor | green | “it is a fundamental principle of our jurisprudence that a factfinder may not consider extra-record evidence concerning disputed adjudicative facts” | 4 |
| 2 | Maine Human Rights Commission Ex Rel. Kellman v. Department of Corrections | green | “if either the victim of the discrimination or the discriminating employer is going to receive a windfall because part of the victim's loss has been paid for by a third party, it is more just that the windfall should inure to the injured party than to the wrongdoer.” | 4 |
| 3 | Gerald R. Carlton, Etc. v. Worcester Insurance Company | green | “while it is not necessary that a state case be explicitly overruled by the state court in order to lose its persuasive force, there must at least be footprints pointing conspicuously in that direction.” | 3 |
| 4 | Sherri L. Helfter v. United Parcel Service, Inc. | green | “various classes of jobs within a geographical area to which she has reasonable access,” | 3 |
| 5 | Maine Human Rights Commission Ex Rel. Kellman v. Department of Corrections | green | “a consistent approach to this legal question seems preferable to a virtually unreviewable discretion which may produce arbitrary and inconsistent results.” | 3 |
| 6 | State v. Michaud | green | “if either the victim of the discrimination or the discriminating employer is going to receive a windfall because part of the victim's loss has been paid for by a third party, it is more just that the windfall should inure to the injured party than to the wrongdoer.” | 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.