11 canonical passages across 9 cases, quoted by 115 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 Rivera-Rivera v. Medina & Medina, Inc..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rivera-Rivera v. Medina & Medina, Inc. Anchor | green | “is such that a reasonable jury could resolve the point in the favor of the non-moving party.” | 28 |
| 2 | Doe v. Trustees of Boston College | green | “potential of changing a case's outcome.” | 26 |
| 3 | Carlson v. University of New England | green | “the court must view the facts in the light most favorable to the non-moving party and draw all reasonable inferences in its favor.” | 15 |
| 4 | Lawless v. Steward Health Care Sys., LLC | green | “separately, drawing inferences against each movant in turn.” | 9 |
| 5 | Irobe v. US Dept. of Agriculture | green | “the portions of the pleadings, depositions, answers to interrogatories, admissions, and affidavits, if any, that demonstrate the absence of any genuine issue of material fact.” | 8 |
| 6 | Theriault v. Genesis Healthcare LLC | green | “adduces competent evidence demonstrating the existence of a genuine dispute about a material fact.” | 7 |
| 7 | Zabala-de Jesus v. Sanofi Aventis PR, Inc. | green | “discloses 'no genuine issue of material fact' and thus demonstrates that 'the moving party is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law.” | 7 |
| 8 | Johnson v. Johnson | green | “the nonmovant cannot rely on 'conclusory allegations, improbable inferences, and unsupported speculation.” | 4 |
| 9 | Trahan v. Wayfair Maine LLC | green | “a plaintiff opposing a properly documented summary judgment motion must carry 'the burden of producing specific facts sufficient to deflect the swing of the summary judgment scythe.” | 3 |
| 10 | Johnson v. Johnson | green | “to avoid 'the swing of the summary judgment scythe,' the nonmoving party must adduce specific facts showing that a trier of fact could reasonably find in his favor.” | 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.