9 canonical passages across 7 cases, quoted by 76 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 Bland Independent School District v. Blue.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bland Independent School District v. Blue Anchor | green | “court deciding a plea to the jurisdiction is not required to look solely to the pleadings but may consider evidence and must do so when necessary to resolve the jurisdictional issues raised.” | 19 |
| 2 | Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission v. IT-Davy | green | “private parties may seek declaratory relief against state officials who allegedly act without legal or statutory authority.” | 15 |
| 3 | Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission v. IT-Davy | green | “we have consistently deferred to the legislature to waive sovereign immunity from suit, because this allows the legislature to protect its policymaking function.” | 10 |
| 4 | Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission v. IT-Davy | green | “sovereign immunity protects the state from lawsuits for money damages.” | 8 |
| 5 | City of Galveston v. State | green | “we take as our starting point the premise that in texas a governmental unit is immune from tort liability unless the legislature has waived immunity.” | 7 |
| 6 | Texas Department of Protective & Regulatory Services v. Mega Child Care, Inc. | green | “in texas, a person may obtain judicial review of an administrative action only if a statute provides a right to judicial review, or the action adversely affects a vested property right or otherwise violates a constitutional right.” | 6 |
| 7 | 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.” | 4 |
| 8 | Lee v. Downey | green | “a promotion is considered effective as of the last day that the city could lawfully have filled the vacancy; that is, sixty days from the date the vacancy was created.” | 4 |
| 9 | Texas Commission of Licensing & Regulation v. Model Search America, Inc. | green | “o permit suits . . . upon mere informal, advisory, administrative opinions might well discourage the practice of giving such opinions, with a net loss of far greater proportions than any possible gain.” | 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.