7 canonical passages across 6 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 Housing Authority of Louisville v. Service Employees International Union, Local 557.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Housing Authority of Louisville v. Service Employees International Union, Local 557 Anchor | green | “a plaintiff must have a real, direct, present and substantial right or interest in the subject matter of the controversy.” | 7 |
| 2 | Johnson v. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Meredith | green | “may withdraw discrete common-law powers and assign them to others or may authorize the employment of other counsel for the departments and officers of the state to perform them.” | 6 |
| 3 | Johnson v. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Meredith | green | “opinion that the act does not deprive the attorney general of his hereditary and statutory prerogatives to the extent or degree that it can be said that he is left without substantial duties, responsibilities and rights.” | 6 |
| 4 | Hancock v. Terry Elkhorn Mining Co. | green | “but under the democratic form of government now prevailing the people are the king, so the attorney general's duties are to that sovereign rather than to the machinery of government.” | 6 |
| 5 | Lawson v. Office of the Attorney General | green | “standing,' of course, in its most basic sense, refers to an integral component of the justiciable cause' requirement underlying the trial court's jurisdiction.” | 6 |
| 6 | Trigg v. Commonwealth | green | “the principle that constitutional adjudication should be avoided unless it is strictly necessary for a decision in the case.” | 6 |
| 7 | James v. State University | green | “allotments within appropriated sums for the activities and purposes contained in the enacted executive 30 course, requires that allotments conform to appropriations, but it also creates the” | 6 |
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