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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 6 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 Willie Williams, on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated v. Michael P. Lane, Director of the Illinois Department of Corrections.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Willie Williams, on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated v. Michael P. Lane, Director of the Illinois Department of Corrections Anchor | green | “unequal treatment among inmates . . . is justified if it bears a rational relation to legitimate penal interest.” | 3 |
| 2 | United States v. Glenn D. Dreyer | neutral | “in order to succeed on an equal protection claim, a plaintiff must show intentional or purposeful discrimination suggesting that 'the decisionmaker singled out a particular group for disparate treatment and selected his course of action at least in part for the purpose of causin…” | 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.