7 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 41 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 Couch v. Telescope Inc..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Couch v. Telescope Inc. Anchor | green | “the circuits are in dispute on the question and the court of appeals of the circuit has not spoken on the point, if complicated questions arise under foreign law, or if novel and difficult questions of first impression are presented.” | 10 |
| 2 | Couch v. Telescope Inc. | green | “that settled law might be applied differently does not establish a substantial ground for difference of opinion.” | 9 |
| 3 | Couch v. Telescope Inc. | green | “to determine if a 'substantial ground for difference of opinion' exists under 1292(b), courts must examine to what extent the controlling law is unclear.” | 7 |
| 4 | Robin James, a Married Person in Her Separate Capacity v. Price Stern Sloan, Inc., a Delaware Corporation Penguin Putnam, Inc., a Delaware Corporation | green | “the court of appeals nevertheless has discretion to reject the interlocutory appeal, and does so quite frequently.” | 5 |
| 5 | United States v. Adam Bros. Farming, Inc. | green | “facilitate disposition of the action by getting a final decision on a controlling legal issue sooner, rather than later in order to save the courts and the litigants unnecessary trouble and expense.” | 4 |
| 6 | Villarreal v. Caremark LLC | green | “the decision to certify an order for interlocutory appeal is committed to the sound discretion of the district court.” | 4 |
| 7 | Boyd v. Coventry Health Care Inc. | green | “bears the burden of proving that the prospective appeal satisfies each of the statutory prerequisites for certification.” | 2 |
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