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 STANDER v. Kelley.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | STANDER v. Kelley Anchor | green | “are sometimes indistinct and are probably incapable of any precise definition.” | 8 |
| 2 | Beckert v. Warren | green | “the executive, the legislature and the judiciary are independent, co-equal branches of government.” | 5 |
| 3 | Beckert v. Warren | green | “a basic precept of our form of government is that the executive, the legislature and the judiciary are independent, co-equal branches of government.” | 4 |
| 4 | Pap's A.M. v. City of Erie | green | “a court is empowered merely to strike existing language; the judiciary is given no authority to draft its own language and insert it into the statute or ordinance.” | 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.