5 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 43 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 Richey v. Brookshire Grocery Co..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richey v. Brookshire Grocery Co. Anchor | green | “the existence of such facts and circumstances as would excite belief in a reasonable mind, acting on the facts within the knowledge of the prosecutor complainant, that the person charged was guilty of the crime for which he was prosecuted.” | 15 |
| 2 | Oyler v. Boles | green | “deliberately based upon an unjustifiable standard such as race, religion or other arbitrary classification.” | 11 |
| 3 | Akin v. Dahl | green | “it is the events prior to the institution of the proceedings which must be examined, and only those events, to determine if the defendants had probable cause to act.” | 8 |
| 4 | Castellano v. Fragozo | green | “malicious prosecution can be a constitutional violation . . . only if all its common law elements are established.” | 5 |
| 5 | Joe Richard Lansdale v. Tyler Junior College and Harry E. Jenkins | green | “distribute or scatter any kind of literature, circulars, handbills or any kind of advertisements or loose paper upon the streets of the city.” | 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.