6 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 112 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 Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Inc..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Inc. Anchor | green | “show that he personally has suffered some actual or threatened injury as a result of the putatively illegal conduct of the defendant,” | 58 |
| 2 | Raines v. Byrd | green | “must establish that they have standing to sue.” | 18 |
| 3 | Florida Wildlife Federation, Inc. v. South Florida Water Management District | green | “if at any point in the litigation the plaintiff ceases to meet all three requirements for constitutional standing, the case no longer presents a live case or controversy, and the federal court must dismiss the case for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.” | 14 |
| 4 | Kelly v. Harris | green | “suffered an injury in fact that is (a) concrete and particularized, and (b) actual or imminent, not conjectural or hypothetical;” | 8 |
| 5 | Myra Holladay Sims v. State Of Florida | green | “the law of article iii standing . . . serves to prevent the judicial process from being used to usurp the powers of the political branches,' and confines the federal courts to a properly judicial role.” | 7 |
| 6 | Michael Cetta, Inc. v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd. | neutral | “in its absence, 'a court is not free to opine in an advisory capacity about the merits of a plaintiff's claim.” | 7 |
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.