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10 canonical passages across 10 cases, quoted by 2,881 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 Barton Ex Rel. Estate of Barton v. Taber.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barton Ex Rel. Estate of Barton v. Taber Anchor | green | “accept as true the facts alleged, but not legal conclusions or threadbare recitals of the elements of a cause of action, supported by mere conclusory statements.” | 654 |
| 2 | Charles Richard Stone v. Rick Harry Anita Schlank Deborah Konieska Rhonda Heskin Amy Anderson Lori Parkos Jim Lind | green | “assume facts that are not alleged, just because an additional factual allegation would have formed a stronger complaint” | 544 |
| 3 | Lawrence Johnson etc v. Outboard Marine | green | “suit against a public employee in his or her official capacity is merely a suit against the public employer.” | 408 |
| 4 | Kerrie Mick v. Wes Raines | green | “resulted from (1) an official municipal policy, (2) an unofficial custom, or (3) a deliberately indifferent failure to train or supervise.” | 287 |
| 5 | Ronda Marsh v. Phelps County | green | “claims challenging an unconstitutional policy or custom, or those based on a theory of inadequate training, which is an extension of the same” | 218 |
| 6 | S.M. v. Michael Krigbaum | green | “government officials are personally liable only for their own misconduct.” | 210 |
| 7 | Brian Ulrich v. Pope County | green | “alleged no facts in his complaint that would demonstrate the existence of a policy or custom” | 196 |
| 8 | Angarita v. St. Louis County | green | “a policy may be either a policy statement, ordinance, regulation, or decision officially adopted and promulgated by the municipality's governing body.” | 128 |
| 9 | Henry Szabla v. City of Brooklyn Pk. | green | “a policy is constitutional on its face, but it is asserted that a municipality should have done more to prevent constitutional violations by its employees, a plaintiff must establish the existence of a 'policy' by demonstrating that the inadequacies were a product of deliberate …” | 122 |
| 10 | Kohl v. Casson | green | “there can be no causal connection between any action on the part of the defendants and any alleged deprivation” | 114 |
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.