5 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 118 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 Hudson County Water Co. v. McCarter.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hudson County Water Co. v. McCarter Anchor | green | “one whose rights, such as they are, are subject to state restriction, cannot remove them from the power of the state by making a contract about them.” | 38 |
| 2 | Energy Reserves Group, Inc. v. Kansas Power & Light Co. | green | “the requirement of a legitimate public purpose guarantees that the state is exercising its police power, rather than providing a benefit to special interests.” | 32 |
| 3 | Energy Reserves Group, Inc. v. Kansas Power & Light Co. | green | “whether the state law has, in fact, operated as a substantial impairment of a contractual relationship.” | 26 |
| 4 | Veix v. Sixth Ward Building & Loan Assn. of Newark | green | “when he purchased into an enterprise already regulated in the particular to which he now objects, he purchased subject to further legislation upon the same topic” | 11 |
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.