3 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 13 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 United States v. Osage Wind, LLC.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States v. Osage Wind, LLC Anchor | green | “extraction, sorting, crushing, and use of minerals as part of its excavation work constituted 'mineral development,' thereby requiring a federally approved lease which osage wind failed to obtain.” | 6 |
| 2 | Jicarilla Apache Tribe v. Andrus | green | “vigorously enforced in cases involving mineral properties” | 4 |
| 3 | McIlravy v. Kerr-McGee Coal Corp. | green | “the law of the case 'doctrine posits that when a court decides upon a rule of law, that decision should continue to govern the same issues in subsequent stages in the same case.” | 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.