3 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 45 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 Schware v. Board of Bar Examiners of NM.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Schware v. Board of Bar Examiners of NM Anchor | green | “a state cannot exclude a person from the practice of law or from any other occupation in a manner or for reasons that contravene the due process or equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment.” | 27 |
| 2 | Truax v. Raich | green | “it requires no argument to show that the right to work for a living in the common occupations of the community is of the very essence of the personal freedom and opportunity that it was the purpose of the fourteenth amendment to secure.” | 14 |
| 3 | Truax v. Raich | green | “the right to work for a living in the common occupations of the community is of the very essence of the personal freedom and opportunity that it was the purpose of the fourteenth amendment to secure” | 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.