5 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 40 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 Hartman v. Moore.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hartman v. Moore Anchor | green | “official reprisal for protected speech 'offends the constitution because it threatens to inhibit exercise of the protected right.” | 20 |
| 2 | Smith v. Plati | green | “focus, of course, ... upon whether a person of ordinary firmness would be chilled, rather than whether the particular plaintiff is chilled,” | 5 |
| 3 | Perez v. Ellington | green | “the first amendment bars retaliation for exercising the right of association.” | 5 |
| 4 | How v. City of Baxter Springs | green | “any form of official retaliation for exercising one's freedom of speech, including prosecution, threatened prosecution, bad faith investigation, and legal harassment, constitutes an infringement of that freedom.” | 5 |
| 5 | How v. City of Baxter Springs | green | “government retaliation ... in as much as retaliatory actions tend to chill individuals' exercise of constitutional rights.” | 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.