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5 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 102 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 Bush v. Butler.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bush v. Butler Anchor | green | “for jurisdiction to exist under 28 u.s.c. 1332 , there must be complete diversity between the parties, which is to say that the plaintiff may not be a citizen of the same state as any defendant.” | 66 |
| 2 | Freeport-McMoRan Inc. v. K N Energy, Inc. | green | “assessed at the time the suit is filed.” | 14 |
| 3 | Kasib Tauheed Bilal v. Philip E. Kaplan, Attorney, Little Rock, Arkansas | green | “federal court jurisdiction must affirmatively appear clearly and distinctly.” | 10 |
| 4 | Meng v. Schwartz | green | “the citizenship of every party to the action must be distinctly alleged in the complaint and cannot be established presumptively or by mere inference,” | 9 |
| 5 | Bush v. Butler | green | “complete diversity between the parties, which is to say that the plaintiff may not be a citizen of the same state as any defendant.” | 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.