7 canonical passages across 7 cases, quoted by 44 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 Bailey v. Segars.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bailey v. Segars Anchor | green | “ordinarily, the question of proximate cause is one of fact for the jury.” | 8 |
| 2 | Singletary v. South Carolina Department of Education | green | “the breach of a duty of due care is ordinarily a question of fact.” | 8 |
| 3 | Anderson v. Aset Corp. | green | “memorandum of law is not a proper vehicle for rewriting or amending the complaint.” | 8 |
| 4 | Williams v. Spencer | green | “where the amended complaint does not make a claim, plaintiff cannot add a new claim through an opposition brief.” | 8 |
| 5 | Frazier v. Badger | green | “exual harassment by a government employee is not within the employee's 'scope of employment.” | 4 |
| 6 | Equity in Athletics, Inc. v. Department of Education | green | “ew legal theories must be added by way of amended pleadings, not by arguments asserted in legal briefs.” | 4 |
| 7 | K.D. ex rel. Duncan v. White Plains School District | green | “plaintiffs cannot amend their complaint by asserting new . . . theories for the first time in opposition to defendants' motion to dismiss.” | 4 |
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.