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6 canonical passages across 3 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 City of Alexandria v. Cleco Corporation.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | City of Alexandria v. Cleco Corporation Anchor | green | “when reviewing issues of state law, federal courts look to the law of that state's highest court.” | 11 |
| 2 | Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, Inc. v. Eurocopter Deutschland, GmbH | green | “defer to intermediate state appellate court decisions, unless convinced by other persuasive data that the highest court of the state would decide otherwise.” | 10 |
| 3 | Estella Martinez v. Walgreen Company | green | “the general rule on the issue, decisions from other jurisdictions, and general policy concerns.” | 9 |
| 4 | Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, Inc. v. Eurocopter Deutschland, GmbH | green | “in making an erie guess, federal courts defer to intermediate state appellate court decisions, unless convinced by other persuasive data that the highest court of the state would decide otherwise.” | 5 |
| 5 | Estella Martinez v. Walgreen Company | green | “precisely' resolves the legal issue, federal courts "must make an erie guess and determine as best they can what the supreme court of texas would decide.” | 5 |
| 6 | Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, Inc. v. Eurocopter Deutschland, GmbH | green | “in making an erie guess, we defer to intermediate state appellate court decisions, unless convinced by other persuasive data that the highest court of the state would decide otherwise.” | 3 |
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.