3 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 50 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 Glover v. Austin.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glover v. Austin Anchor | green | “summary judgment is appropriate if, but only if, there are no genuine issues of material fact supporting an essential element of the plaintiffs' claim for relief.” | 44 |
| 2 | Howard E. Mandell v. The County of Suffolk and John Gallagher, Police Commissioner | green | “we will for purposes of this opinion assume that the standards of proof applicable to plaintiff's title vii and human rights law claims are the same in all relevant respects.” | 3 |
| 3 | McPherson v. New York City Department of Education | green | “in a discrimination case, however, we are decidedly not interested in the truth of the allegations against plaintiff. we are interested in what motivated the employer . . . ; the factual validity of the underlying imputation against the employee is not at issue.” | 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.