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7 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 3,031 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 Papasan v. Allain.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Papasan v. Allain Anchor | green | “not bound to accept as true a legal conclusion couched as a factual allegation.” | 1,714 |
| 2 | Arizona v. California | green | “when a court decides upon a rule of law, that decision should continue to govern the same issues in subsequent stages in the same case.” | 457 |
| 3 | Mayer v. Mylod | green | “is to allow a defendant to test whether, as a matter of law, the plaintiff is entitled to legal relief even if everything alleged in the complaint is true.” | 350 |
| 4 | Bridgett Handy-Clay v. City of Memphis, Tennessee | green | “construe the complaint in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, accept its well-pleaded allegations as true, and draw all reasonable inferences in favor of the plaintiff.” | 268 |
| 5 | Berry v. United States Department of Labor | green | “we may look outside the four corners of the complaint and consider materials attached to a motion to dismiss if they are referred to in the complaint and central to the claim.” | 86 |
| 6 | United States v. Matthew Charles | green | “if it is important for courts to treat like matters alike in different cases, it is indispensable that they 'treat the same litigants in the same case the same way throughout the same dispute.” | 85 |
| 7 | Arizona v. California | green | “clearly erroneous and would work a manifest injustice.” | 71 |
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.