4 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 48 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 Drapkin v. Mafco Consolidated Group, Inc..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drapkin v. Mafco Consolidated Group, Inc. Anchor | green | “a motion for reconsideration is an extraordinary remedy to be employed sparingly in the interests of finality and conservation of scarce judicial resources.” | 30 |
| 2 | Jacob v. Duane Reade, Inc. | green | “generally, motions for reconsideration are not granted unless the moving party can point to controlling decisions or data that the court overlooked-matters, in other words, that might reasonably be expected to alter the conclusion reached by the court.” | 9 |
| 3 | Drapkin v. Mafco Consolidated Group, Inc. | green | “a motion for reconsideration is 'an extraordinary remedy to be employed sparingly in the interests of finality and conservation of scarce judicial resources.” | 6 |
| 4 | Nakshin v. Holder | green | “the threshold for prevailing on a motion for reconsideration is high.” | 3 |
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.