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8 canonical passages across 7 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 General Motors Corp. v. Pappas.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General Motors Corp. v. Pappas Anchor | green | “a notice of appeal confers jurisdiction on a court of review to consider only the judgments or parts of judgments specified in the notice of appeal.” | 28 |
| 2 | BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP v. Mitchell | green | “personal jurisdiction may be established either by service of process in accordance with statutory requirements or by a party's voluntary submission to the court's jurisdiction.” | 13 |
| 3 | General Motors Corp. v. Pappas | green | “unless there is a properly filed notice of appeal, the appellate court lacks jurisdiction over the matter and is obliged to dismiss the appeal.” | 9 |
| 4 | Roe v. Jewish Children's Bureau | green | “a court's determination of whether an affidavit offered in connection with a motion for summary judgment complies with rule 191 is a question of law subject to de novo review.” | 4 |
| 5 | First Bank & Trust Co. of O'Fallon v. King | green | “files an affidavit showing that upon due inquiry he could have been found must the plaintiff show it conducted a due inquiry.” | 3 |
| 6 | Household Finance Corp., III v. Volpert | green | “files an affidavit showing that upon due inquiry he could have been found must the plaintiff show it conducted a due inquiry.” | 3 |
| 7 | In re Dar. C. | green | “a court lacks personal jurisdiction over the parties, any order entered in the matter is void ab initio and, thus, may be attacked at any time.” | 3 |
| 8 | Deutsche Bank National Trust Company v. Brewer | green | “fails to establish any of the three bases for the granting of a motion to reconsider” | 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.