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5 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 64 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 Lula T. Beckwith v. Bellsouth Telecommunications.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lula T. Beckwith v. Bellsouth Telecommunications Anchor | green | “the failure to identify claims with sufficient clarity to enable the defendant to frame a responsive pleading constitutes a 'shotgun pleading.” | 18 |
| 2 | Keating v. City of Miami | green | “personally participated in the alleged constitutional violations, or that there was a causal connection between the supervisory defendants' actions and an alleged constitutional violation” | 16 |
| 3 | Wagner v. First Horizon Pharmaceutical Corporation | green | “such pleadings divert already stretched judicial resources into disputes that are not structurally prepared to use those resources efficiently.” | 14 |
| 4 | Richard Ferrell v. Harold E. Wolfe, Jr. | green | “when presented with a shotgun complaint, the district court should order repleading sua sponte.” | 9 |
| 5 | Ronald A. Nurse v. Sheraton Atlanta Hotel | green | “it is virtually impossible to know which allegations of fact are intended to support which claim(s) for relief” | 7 |
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.