4 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 12 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 Von Hoffman v. City of Quincy.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Von Hoffman v. City of Quincy Anchor | green | “the laws which subsist at the time and place of the making of a contract ... enter into and form a part of it, as if they were expressly referred to or incorporated in its terms.” | 6 |
| 2 | Watson v. Pietranton | green | “attorneys should be permitted to agree in advance what division of fees there will be, so long as they make a good faith attempt at the time of agreement to anticipate the proportions of services to be performed and responsibilities to be assumed, and otherwise comply with the a…” | 3 |
| 3 | Kersten v. Van Grack, Axelson & Williamowsky, P.C. | green | “can be subverted when they are invoked by opposing parties as procedural weapons" and the admonition that the fact that the rules may be a basis for disciplining lawyers "does not imply that an antagonist in a collateral proceeding or transaction has standing to seek enforcement…” | 2 |
| 4 | Kersten v. Van Grack, Axelson & Williamowsky, P.C. | green | “does not imply that an antagonist in a collateral proceeding or transaction has standing to seek enforcement of the rule.” | 1 |
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.