8 canonical passages across 7 cases, quoted by 652 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 Bailey v. McCuen.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bailey v. McCuen Anchor | green | “essential fact which would give the voter serious ground for reflection, it must be disclosed.” | 361 |
| 2 | Roberts v. Priest | green | “internal inconsistencies would inevitably lead to confusion in drafting a popular name and ballot title and to confusion in the ballot title itself.” | 131 |
| 3 | Roberts v. Priest | green | “the text of the proposed amendment itself contributes to the confusion and disconnect between the language in the popular name and the ballot title and the language in the proposed measure.” | 129 |
| 4 | Page v. McCuen | green | “complex, detailed, and lengthy,” | 15 |
| 5 | Newton v. Hall, Secretary of State | green | “tobacco settlement act ballot title, but stating that” | 6 |
| 6 | Kinchen v. Wilkins | green | “it is axiomatic that the majority of voters will derive their information about a proposed measure from the ballot title immediately before exercising the right of suffrage.” | 4 |
| 7 | U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Hill | green | “it is simply not clear on when counting the terms must commence.” | 3 |
| 8 | Walker v. Priest | green | “staked out the outer limits for length and complexity.” | 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.