8 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 280 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 Pappas v. City of Lebanon.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pappas v. City of Lebanon Anchor | green | “affirmative evidence, beyond the allegations of the pleadings,” | 152 |
| 2 | Lawrence Thomas v. Cumberland County | green | “in the light most favorable to the non-moving party and draw all reasonable inferences in that party's favor.” | 62 |
| 3 | Lawrence Thomas v. Cumberland County | green | “in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party and draw all reasonable inferences in that party's favor.” | 23 |
| 4 | Williams v. Beard | green | “it is beyond the power of any court . . . to excuse compliance with the exhaustion requirement.” | 14 |
| 5 | Robert D. Shaner, Jr. v. Synthes (Usa) | green | “unusually suggestive of retaliatory motive.” | 10 |
| 6 | Robert D. Shaner, Jr. v. Synthes (Usa) | green | “(1) disbelieve the employer's articulated legitimate reasons; or (2) believe that an invidious discriminatory reason was more likely than not a motivating or determinative cause of the employer's action.” | 8 |
| 7 | EBC, Inc. v. Clark Building System, Inc. | green | “and disputes are 'genuine' if evidence exists from which a rational person could conclude that the position of the person with the burden of proof on the disputed issue is correct.” | 6 |
| 8 | EBC, Inc. v. Clark Building System, Inc. | green | “disputes are 'genuine' if evidence exists from which a rational person could conclude that the position of the person with the burden of proof on the disputed issue is correct.” | 5 |
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.