5 canonical passages across 4 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 Estate of Patrick P. Smith v. Cumberland County.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Estate of Patrick P. Smith v. Cumberland County Anchor | green | “need not be persuasive at that stage, but the evidence must be sufficient to allow a fact-finder to make a factual determination without speculating.” | 31 |
| 2 | Dyer v. Department of Transportation | green | “of material fact exists if the claimed fact would require a factfinder to” | 18 |
| 3 | Stanley v. Hancock County Commissioners | green | “must explicitly admit, deny or qualify facts by reference to each numbered paragraph, and a denial or qualification must be supported by a record citation.” | 11 |
| 4 | Dyer v. Department of Transportation | green | “choose between competing versions of the truth.” | 10 |
| 5 | Kay H. Cox v. Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Co. | green | “regardless of extrinsic evidence, if the complaint-read in conjunction with the policy-reveals a mere potential that the facts may come within the coverage, then the duty to defend exists.” | 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.