8 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 230 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 Terry Wayne Sanders v. Clemco Industries, Ingersoll-Rand, Inc..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Terry Wayne Sanders v. Clemco Industries, Ingersoll-Rand, Inc. Anchor | green | “the threshold requirement in every federal case is jurisdiction and we have admonished the district court to be attentive to a satisfaction of jurisdictional requirements in all cases” | 86 |
| 2 | Gunn v. Minton | green | “federal courts are courts of limited jurisdiction, possessing only that power authorized by constitution and statute” | 48 |
| 3 | Dave Thomas v. United Steelworkers Local 1938 | green | “under the well-pleaded complaint rule, a federal question must exist on the face of the plaintiff's properly pleaded complaint in order to establish federal question subject matter jurisdiction” | 39 |
| 4 | City of Kansas City, Mo. v. Yarco Co., Inc. | green | “federal courts have an independent duty to determine subject matter jurisdiction, even where the matter is raised for the first time on appeal and on the court's own motion” | 13 |
| 5 | Tom Magee v. Benjamin Harris | green | “the burden of proving the existence of subject matter jurisdiction rests with the party invoking federal jurisdiction” | 12 |
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.