5 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 100 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 Allen v. Wright.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Allen v. Wright Anchor | red | “article iii of the constitution confines the federal courts to adjudicating actual 'cases' and 'controversies.” | 36 |
| 2 | Medina County Environmental Action Ass'n v. Surface Transportation Board | green | “the petitioner's contentions as to esthetic and pecuniary harm are in fact sufficient to support standing.” | 16 |
| 3 | Kontrick v. Ryan | green | “accordingly, the term 'jurisdictional' properly applies only to 'prescriptions delineating the classes of cases (subject-matter jurisdiction) and the persons (personal jurisdiction)' implicating that authority.” | 16 |
| 4 | Guy Vander Jagt v. Thomas P. O'neill, Jr. | green | “the article iii doctrine that requires a litigant to have 'standing' to invoke the power of a federal court is perhaps the most important of these doctrines.” | 16 |
| 5 | Consolidated Bearings Company, Plaintiff-Cross v. United States | green | “record in this case does not disclose any statutory or regulatory provision that allows a party to challenge the manner in which the agency implements the final results of an administrative review,” | 16 |
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.