5 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 61 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 Boyle v. Hasbro, Inc..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boyle v. Hasbro, Inc. Anchor | green | “the standard for making a claim of intentional infliction of emotional distress is very high.” | 24 |
| 2 | Foley v. Polaroid Corp. | green | “so outrageous in character, and so extreme in degree, as to go beyond all possible bounds of decency, and to be regarded as atrocious, and utterly intolerable in a civilized community.” | 23 |
| 3 | Limone v. United States | green | “(1) that the defendant intended to inflict emotional distress or that he knew or should have known that emotional distress was the likely result of his conduct; (2) that the conduct was extreme and outrageous, was beyond all possible bounds of decency and was utterly intolerable…” | 7 |
| 4 | Taylor v. Swartwout | green | “to fall under the protection of the statute, the disclosed facts must be of a 'highly personal or intimate nature.” | 4 |
| 5 | Donn E. Rush v. United Technologies, Otis Elevator Division | green | “insist upon its legal rights in a permissible way, even though it was well aware that such insistence is certain to cause emotional distress.” | 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.