8 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 696 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 City of Keller v. Wilson.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | City of Keller v. Wilson Anchor | green | “whether the evidence at trial would enable reasonable and fair-minded people to reach the verdict under review.” | 258 |
| 2 | City of Keller v. Wilson | green | “the final test for legal sufficiency must always be whether the evidence at trial would enable reasonable and fair-minded people to reach the verdict under review.” | 144 |
| 3 | Ford Motor Co. v. Ridgway | green | “rises to a level that would enable reasonable and fair-minded people to differ in their conclusions.” | 101 |
| 4 | City of Keller v. Wilson | green | “would enable reasonable and fair-minded people to reach the verdict under review.” | 92 |
| 5 | Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Havner | green | “less than a scintilla of evidence exists when the evidence is 'so weak as to do no more than create a mere surmise or suspicion' of a fact.” | 50 |
| 6 | Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Miller | green | “we must view the evidence in a light that tends to support the finding of disputed fact and disregard all evidence and inferences to the contrary.” | 39 |
| 7 | Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Miller | green | “more than a scintilla of evidence exists if the evidence 'rises to a level that would enable reasonable and fair-minded people to differ in their conclusions.” | 6 |
| 8 | Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Miller | green | “the jury's verdict and not the trial court's judgment must be upheld.” | 6 |
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.