7 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 59 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 Campbell-Ewald Co. v. Gomez.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Campbell-Ewald Co. v. Gomez Anchor | green | “as long as the parties have a concrete interest, however small, in the outcome of the litigation, the case is not moot.” | 19 |
| 2 | Aaron Schnitzler v. United States | green | “a case is moot when a party has already obtained all the relief that it has sought.” | 9 |
| 3 | Citizens for Responsibility & Ethics in Washington v. United States Department of Justice | green | “when considering whether an alternative remedy is 'adequate' and therefore preclusive of apa review, courts look for 'clear and convincing evidence' of 'legislative intent' to create a special, alternative remedy and thereby bar apa review.” | 8 |
| 4 | Looks Filmproduktionen Gmbh v. Central Intelligence Agency | green | “party's prospects of success on a claim are not pertinent to the mootness inquiry.” | 6 |
| 5 | Citizens for Responsibility & Ethics in Washington v. United States Department of Justice | green | “section 704 reflects congress' judgment that 'the general grant of review in the apa' ought not 'duplicate existing procedures for review of agency action' or 'provide additional judicial remedies in situations where congress has provided special and adequate review procedures.” | 6 |
| 6 | Pharmachemie B.V. v. Barr Laboratories, Inc. | green | “events have so transpired that the decision of the court will neither presently affect the parties' rights nor have a more-than-speculative chance of affecting them in the future.” | 6 |
| 7 | Bark v. United States Forest Service | green | “a generalized, unwritten administrative 'policy,” | 5 |
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.