6 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 39 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 Mellon Bank (East) Psfs, National Association v. Kenneth v. Farino Leslie Trinin Robert Levitas Eileen Michaels.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mellon Bank (East) Psfs, National Association v. Kenneth v. Farino Leslie Trinin Robert Levitas Eileen Michaels Anchor | green | “the pennsylvania statute permits the courts of that state to exercise personal jurisdiction over nonresident defendants to the constitutional limits of the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment.” | 10 |
| 2 | Lincoln Benefit Life Co. v. AEI Life, LLC | green | “urisdictional discovery is not available merely because the plaintiff requests it.” | 10 |
| 3 | Marten v. Godwin | green | “specific jurisdiction exists when the claim arises from or relates to conduct purposely directed at the forum state.” | 7 |
| 4 | Jose F. Escude Cruz v. Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp. | green | “the mere fact that a subsidiary company does business within a state does not confer jurisdiction over its nonresident parent.” | 4 |
| 5 | Lincoln Benefit Life Co. v. AEI Life, LLC | green | “jurisdictional discovery is not available merely because the plaintiff requests it.” | 4 |
| 6 | Danziger & De Llano LLP v. Morgan Verkamp LLC | green | “a plaintiff cannot allege simply that but for x's occurrence, y (which may have been remote and not foreseeable) would not have happened.” | 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.