7 canonical passages across 7 cases, quoted by 257 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 Alexandra York v. Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexandra York v. Association of the Bar of the City of New York Anchor | green | “on a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim, we construe the complaint in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, accepting the complaint's allegations as true.” | 161 |
| 2 | Dietz v. Bouldin | green | “istrict courts have the inherent authority to manage their dockets and courtrooms with a view toward the efficient and expedient resolution of cases.” | 53 |
| 3 | Acito v. Imcera Group | green | “one good reason to deny leave to amend is when such leave would be futile.” | 16 |
| 4 | Ruffolo v. Oppenheimer & Company | green | “where it appears that granting leave to amend is unlikely to be productive . . . it is not an abuse of discretion to deny leave to amend.” | 11 |
| 5 | Rhulen Agency, Inc. v. Alabama Insurance Guaranty Association | green | “the court should consider the rule 12(b)(1) challenge first since if it must dismiss the complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, the accompanying defenses and objections become moot and do not need to be determined.” | 7 |
| 6 | Wood v. Baum | green | “plaintiff also asserts that membership on the audit committee is a sufficient basis to infer the requisite scienter. that assertion is contrary to well-settled delaware law.” | 5 |
| 7 | Larry C. Holmes v. Harrison Goldin, Comptroller, Theodore R. West, Warden, and Correction Officers Byred and Long, Brooklyn House of Detention | green | “a pro se plaintiff . . . should be afforded an opportunity fairly freely to amend his complaint.” | 4 |
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