5 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 66 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 National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa. v. Murray Sheet Metal Company, Incorporated, and Arkwright Mutual Insurance Company.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa. v. Murray Sheet Metal Company, Incorporated, and Arkwright Mutual Insurance Company Anchor | green | “the discovery rules are given 'a broad and liberal treatment” | 19 |
| 2 | United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit | green | “courts have broad discretion in their resolution of discovery problems arising in cases before them.” | 17 |
| 3 | National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa. v. Murray Sheet Metal Company, Incorporated, and Arkwright Mutual Insurance Company | green | “the discovery rules are given 'a broad and liberal treatment.” | 16 |
| 4 | Hinkle v. The City Of Clarksburg | green | “district courts enjoy nearly unfettered discretion to control the timing and scope of discovery and impose sanctions for failures to comply with its discovery orders.” | 9 |
| 5 | Momah v. Albert Einstein Medical Center | green | “mere recitation of familiar litany that interrogatory is 'overly broad, burdensome, oppressive, and irrelevant” | 5 |
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.