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7 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 55 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 Bay Area Laundry & Dry Cleaning Pension Trust Fund v. Ferbar Corp. of California, Inc..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bay Area Laundry & Dry Cleaning Pension Trust Fund v. Ferbar Corp. of California, Inc. Anchor | green | “unless congress has told us otherwise in the legislation at issue, a cause of action does not become 'complete and present' for limitations purposes until the plaintiff can file suit and obtain relief.” | 14 |
| 2 | Bay Area Laundry & Dry Cleaning Pension Trust Fund v. Ferbar Corp. of California, Inc. | green | “complete and present cause of action.” | 14 |
| 3 | Reiter v. Cooper | green | “while it is theoretically possible for a statute to create a cause of action that accrues at one time for the purpose of calculating when the statute of limitations begins to run, but at another time for the purpose of bringing suit, we will not infer such an odd result in the a…” | 12 |
| 4 | Jimmy Leong v. John E. Potter, Postmaster General | green | “lack of prejudice to the defendant.” | 4 |
| 5 | Jimmy Leong v. John E. Potter, Postmaster General | green | “focuses on a plaintiff's excusable ignorance and lack of prejudice to the defendant.” | 4 |
| 6 | Fair Housing Council, Inc. v. Village of Olde St. Andrews, Inc. | green | “begins to run from the date that the individual attempted to buy the unit and discovered the nonconforming conditions” | 4 |
| 7 | Jimmy Leong v. John E. Potter, Postmaster General | green | “focuses on a plaintiffs excusable ignorance and lack of prejudice to the defendant.” | 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.