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7 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 2,700 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 Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America Anchor | green | “possess only that power authorized by constitution and statute.” | 1,213 |
| 2 | Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America | green | “federal courts are courts of limited jurisdiction.” | 850 |
| 3 | Grancare v. Ruth Thrower | green | “a federal court must find that a defendant was properly joined and remand the case to state court if there is a 'possibility that a state court would find that the complaint states a cause of action against any of the non-diverse defendants.” | 197 |
| 4 | In Re Digimarc Corp. Derivative Litigation | green | “each defendant must be a citizen of a different state from each plaintiff.” | 153 |
| 5 | Matheson v. Progressive Specialty Insurance | green | “where it is not facially evident from the complaint that more than 75,000 is in controversy, the removing party must prove, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the amount in controversy meets the jurisdictional threshold.” | 102 |
| 6 | Provincial Gov't of Marinduque v. Placer Dome, Inc. | green | “the defendant bears the burden of establishing that removal is proper.” | 100 |
| 7 | Matheson v. Progressive Specialty Insurance | green | “where doubt regarding the right to removal exists, a case should be remanded to state court.” | 85 |
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.