4 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 14 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 Markowitz v. Saxon Special Servicing.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Markowitz v. Saxon Special Servicing Anchor | green | “the word 'shall' is generally regarded as mandatory.” | 6 |
| 2 | Residential Capital, LLC v. CAL-WESTERNRE CONVEYANCE CORP. | green | “only a properly conducted foreclosure sale, free of substantial defects in procedure, creates rights in the high bidder at the sale.” | 3 |
| 3 | Arsali v. Chase Home Finance LLC | green | “trial courts' judgments pertaining to set asides of judicial foreclosure sales are now, as they always have been, subject to review by way of an abuse of discretion standard.” | 3 |
| 4 | In re Rugroden | green | “when a statute clearly gives an official no choice but to act, then the act is ministerial.” | 2 |
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.