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5 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 18 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 Lewiston Daily Sun v. School Administrative District No. 43.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewiston Daily Sun v. School Administrative District No. 43 Anchor | green | “courts can only decide cases before them that involve justiciable controversies.” | 6 |
| 2 | Maine AFL-CIO v. Superintendent of Insurance | green | “to determine if an issue is ripe for review, we focus on the fitness of the issue for judicial decision and the hardship to the parties of withholding court consideration.” | 3 |
| 3 | Morrill v. Morrill | green | “breach of contract damages, as a general proposition, should be based on the injured party's expectation interest, defined as its interest in having the benefit of its bargain by being put in as good a position as it would have been in had the contract been performed” | 3 |
| 4 | Lamson v. Cote | green | “prescriptive easement claim was not ripe for adjudication until an owner of the land in dispute was declared.” | 3 |
| 5 | Dubois Livestock, Inc. v. Town of Arundel | green | “ripeness is a question of law that we review de novo.” | 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.