7 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 40 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 Kronisch v. United States.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kronisch v. United States Anchor | green | “we do not suggest that the destruction of evidence, standing alone, is enough to allow a party who has produced no evidence-or utterly inadequate evidence-in support of a given claim to survive summary judgment on that claim.” | 8 |
| 2 | Halverson v. River Falls Youth Hockey Ass'n | green | “making improvements alone does not prove the received any benefit from them.” | 7 |
| 3 | Schandelmeier-Bartels v. Chicago Park District | green | “e presume that juries follow the instructions they are given.” | 5 |
| 4 | Jeffrey Kemezy v. James Peters | green | “the standard judicial formulation of the purpose of punitive damages is that it is to punish the defend ant for reprehensible conduct and to deter and others from engaging in similar conduct.” | 5 |
| 5 | Kronisch v. United States | green | “t the margin, where the innocent party has produced some (not insubstantial) evidence in support of his claim, the intentional destruction of relevant evidence ... may push a claim that might not otherwise survive summary judg ment over the line.” | 5 |
| 6 | Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Autozone, Inc. | green | “we rec ognize that this statutory cap suggests that an award of dam ages at the capped maximum is not outlandish.” | 5 |
| 7 | Lompe v. Sunridge Partners, LLC | green | “n many cases, com pensatory damages less than 1,000,000 have also been con sidered substantial.” | 5 |
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.