6 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 107 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 Bonham State Bank v. Beadle.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bonham State Bank v. Beadle Anchor | green | “a declaratory judgment is appropriate only if a justiciable controversy exists as to the rights and status of the parties and the controversy will be resolved by the declaration sought.” | 33 |
| 2 | Bonham State Bank v. Beadle | green | “to constitute a justiciable controversy, there must exist a real and substantial controversy involving genuine conflict of tangible interests and not merely a theoretical dispute.” | 31 |
| 3 | Patterson v. Planned Parenthood of Houston and Southeast Texas, Inc. | green | “uncertain or contingent future events that may not occur as anticipated, or indeed may not occur at all.” | 18 |
| 4 | Patterson v. Planned Parenthood of Houston and Southeast Texas, Inc. | green | “at the time a lawsuit is filed, ripeness asks whether the facts have developed sufficiently so that an injury has occurred or is likely to occur, rather than being contingent or remote.” | 15 |
| 5 | Bonham State Bank v. Beadle | green | “a trial court has discretion to enter a declaratory judgment so long as it will serve a useful purpose or will terminate the controversy between the parties.” | 7 |
| 6 | State Ex Rel. Watkins v. CREUZOT | green | “these assumptions are simply not warranted before a jury has considered the evidence in the present case and rendered a verdict.” | 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.