5 canonical passages across 3 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 Henry Hill v. Rick Snyder.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Henry Hill v. Rick Snyder Anchor | green | “construe the complaint in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, accept all well-pleaded factual allegations as true, and examine whether the complaint contains 'sufficient factual matter, accepted as true, to state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face.” | 28 |
| 2 | Frazier v. State of Michigan | green | “the defendants were personally involved in the alleged deprivation of federal rights.” | 20 |
| 3 | Henry Hill v. Rick Snyder | green | “construe the complaint in the light most favorable to the plaintiff” | 15 |
| 4 | Clifton Jackson v. Sedgwick Claims Management Servs. | green | “if the plaintiffs do 'not nudge their claims across the line from conceivable to plausible, their complaint must be dismissed.” | 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.