6 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 McClenahan v. Cooley.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McClenahan v. Cooley Anchor | green | “conclusions of law are not admitted nor should judgment on the pleadings be granted unless the moving party is clearly entitled to judgment.” | 10 |
| 2 | Doug Satterfield v. Breeding Insulation Company | green | “by taking all factual allegations in the complaint as true and by giving the plaintiff the benefit of all the inferences that can be reasonably drawn from the pleaded facts.” | 8 |
| 3 | McClenahan v. Cooley | green | “all well-pleaded facts and all reasonable inferences drawn therefrom” | 8 |
| 4 | Cherokee Country Club, Inc. v. City of Knoxville | green | “conclusions of law are not admitted nor should judgment on the pleadings be granted unless the moving party is clearly entitled to judgment.” | 5 |
| 5 | Cherokee Country Club, Inc. v. City of Knoxville | green | “unless the moving party is clearly entitled to judgment.” | 5 |
| 6 | Dorothy King v. Virginia Betts | green | “a motion for judgment on the pleadings is 'in effect a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.” | 4 |
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.