8 canonical passages across 7 cases, quoted by 57 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 Pierce v. Cotuit Fire District.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pierce v. Cotuit Fire District Anchor | green | “if the record is sufficiently open-ended to permit a rational factfinder to resolve a material factual dispute in favor of either side.” | 10 |
| 2 | Garcia-Garcia v. Costco Wholesale Corp. | green | “conclusory allegations, improbable inferences, and unsupported speculation.” | 10 |
| 3 | Coons v. Industrial Knife Co., Inc. | green | “district court was 'free to disregard' the state law argument that was not developed in coons's brief” | 9 |
| 4 | Tobin Ex Rel. L. v. Federal Express Corp. | green | “to pierce the boilerplate of the pleadings and assay the parties' proof in order to determine whether trial is actually required.” | 9 |
| 5 | Ahmed v. Napolitano | green | “in the light most favorable to the non-moving party” | 7 |
| 6 | Garcia-Garcia v. Costco Wholesale Corp. | green | “the court must examine the 'record in the light most favorable to the nonmovant' and must make 'all reasonable inferences in that party's favor.” | 5 |
| 7 | Mu v. Omni Hotels Management Corp. | green | “an issue is 'genuine' when a rational factfinder could resolve it in either direction” | 4 |
| 8 | Alston v. Town of Brookline, MA | green | “there is no genuine dispute as to any material fact” | 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.