8 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 69 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 Laurence B. Greenburg, Etc. v. Puerto Rico Maritime Shipping Authority, Etc..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laurence B. Greenburg, Etc. v. Puerto Rico Maritime Shipping Authority, Etc. Anchor | green | “no room for credibility determinations, no room for the measured weighing of conflicting evidence such as the trial process entails, no room for the judge to superimpose his own ideas of probability and likelihood.” | 20 |
| 2 | Gannon v. Narragansett Electric Co. | green | “sjummary judgment is not appropriate merely because the facts offered by the moving party seem more plausible, or because the opponent is unlikely to prevail at trial.” | 13 |
| 3 | Gannon v. Narragansett Electric Co. | green | “summary judgment is not appropriate merely because the facts offered by the moving party seem more plausible, or because the opponent is unlikely to prevail at trial.” | 12 |
| 4 | Springfield Terminal Railway Co. v. Canadian Pacific Ltd. | green | “when the facts support plausible but conflicting inferences on a pivotal issue in the case, the judge may not choose between those inferences at the summary judgment stage.” | 9 |
| 5 | Iris v. Rivera-Flores v. Puerto Rico Telephone Company | green | “narrow the factual issues for trial.” | 5 |
| 6 | Springfield Terminal Railway Co. v. Canadian Pacific Ltd. | green | “wjhen the facts support plausible but conflicting inferences on a pivotal issue in the case, the judge may not choose between those inferences at the summary judgment stage.” | 4 |
| 7 | Iris v. Rivera-Flores v. Puerto Rico Telephone Company | green | “including the extent to which the amount of damages or other relief is not in controversy, and directing such further proceedings in the action as are just.” | 3 |
| 8 | URI Cogeneration Partners, L.P. v. Board of Governors for Higher Education | green | “including the extent to which the amount of damages or other relief is not in controversy, and directing such further proceedings in the action as are just.” | 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.