4 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 49 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 Ruffolo v. Oppenheimer & Company.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruffolo v. Oppenheimer & Company Anchor | green | “where it appears that granting leave to amend is unlikely to be productive, . . . it is not an abuse of discretion to deny leave to amend.” | 25 |
| 2 | Rodriguez v. Weprin | green | “t is well-established that court-appointed attorneys performing a lawyer's traditional functions as counsel to defendant do not act 'under color of state law' and therefore are not subject to suit under 42 u.s.c. 1983 .” | 11 |
| 3 | United States v. Barner | green | “the fourth amendment protects the right of private citizens to be free from unreasonable government intrusions into areas where they have a legitimate expectation of privacy.” | 6 |
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.