5 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 50 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 Dart Cherokee Basin Operating Co. v. Owens.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dart Cherokee Basin Operating Co. v. Owens Anchor | green | “no antiremoval presumption attends cases invoking cafa, which congress enacted to facilitate adjudication of certain class actions in federal court.” | 22 |
| 2 | Korn v. Polo Ralph Lauren Corp. | green | “a defendant's preponderance burden 'is not daunting, as courts recognize that under this standard, a removing defendant is not obligated to research, state, and prove the plaintiff's claims for damages.” | 11 |
| 3 | Coleman v. Estes Express Lines, Inc. | green | “research, state, and prove the plaintiff's claims for damages.” | 7 |
| 4 | Delores Lewis v. Verizon Communications, Inc. | green | “a removing defendant is not required to go so far as to prove plaintiff's case for him by proving the actual rates of violation.” | 6 |
| 5 | Kenneth Rothschild Trust v. Morgan Stanley Dean Witter | green | “show, as a matter of law, that it is certain he will not recover the jurisdictional amount.” | 4 |
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.