6 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 74 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 Rose M. Clark v. National Travelers Life Insurance Company.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rose M. Clark v. National Travelers Life Insurance Company Anchor | green | “a court cannot 'create a claim which a plaintiff has not spelled out in his pleading.” | 17 |
| 2 | HDC, LLC v. City of Ann Arbor | green | “construes the complaint in a light most favorable to the plaintiff” | 17 |
| 3 | Roy Brown v. Linda Matauszak | green | “a court cannot 'create a claim which a plaintiff has not spelled out in his pleading.” | 16 |
| 4 | Fox v. Michigan State Police Department | green | “are not exempt from the requirements of the federal rules of civil procedure.” | 12 |
| 5 | Young Bok Song v. Brett Gipson | green | “while courts are properly charged with protecting the rights of all who come before it, that responsibility does not encompass advising litigants as to what legal theories they should pursue.” | 8 |
| 6 | Courie v. Alcoa Wheel & Forged Products | green | “contain sufficient factual matter, accepted as true, to state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face.” | 4 |
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.