6 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 49 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 Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections Anchor | green | “once the franchise is granted to the electorate, lines may not be drawn which are inconsistent with the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment.” | 27 |
| 2 | Gray v. Sanders | green | “the concept of 'we the people' under the constitution visualizes no preferred class of voters but equality among those who meet the basic qualifications.” | 4 |
| 3 | Nutrition & Fitness, Inc. v. Blue Stuff, Inc. | green | “have filed similar litigation in separate federal fora, doctrines of federal comity dictate that the matter should proceed in the court where the action was first filed, and that the later-filed action should be stayed, transferred, or enjoined.” | 4 |
| 4 | Nutrition & Fitness, Inc. v. Blue Stuff, Inc. | green | “in determining whether to apply the first- filed rule: 1) the chronology of the filings, 2) the similarity of the parties involved, and 3) the similarity of the issues at stake.” | 4 |
| 5 | Raleigh Wake Citizens Assoc v. Wake County Board of Elections | green | “not only can the right to vote not be denied outright, it cannot, consistently with article i, be destroyed by alteration of ballots or diluted by stuffing of the ballot box.” | 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.