8 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 229 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 University of South Alabama v. American Tobacco Co..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of South Alabama v. American Tobacco Co. Anchor | green | “t is well settled that a federal court is obligated to inquire into subject matter jurisdiction sua sponte whenever it may be lacking.” | 85 |
| 2 | Travaglio v. American Express Co. | green | “residence alone is not enough.” | 34 |
| 3 | King v. Cessna Aircraft Co. | green | “where an estate is a party, the citizenship that counts for diversity purposes is that of the decedent, and she is deemed to be a citizen of the state in which she was domiciled at the time of her death.” | 25 |
| 4 | Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians v. Holyfield | green | “domicile' is not necessarily synonymous with 'residence” | 24 |
| 5 | Molinos Valle Del Cibao, C. Por A. v. Lama | green | “ordinarily, the complaint must allege the citizenship, not residence, of the natural defendants.” | 9 |
| 6 | Travaglio v. American Express Co. | green | “as we indicated in remanding this case for jurisdictional findings, the allegations in travaglio's complaint about her citizenship are fatally defective. residence alone is not enough.” | 7 |
| 7 | Travaglio v. American Express Co. | green | “the allegations in travaglio's complaint about her citizenship are fatally defective. residence alone is not enough.” | 4 |
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