8 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 Del Mazo v. Sanchez.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Del Mazo v. Sanchez Anchor | green | “questions of fraud, the truth and materiality of representations made by a seller, and whether the buyer could have protected himself by the exercise of proper diligence are, except in plain and indisputable cases, questions for the jury.” | 6 |
| 2 | Carpenter v. Curtis | green | “he can affirm the contract and sue for breach or seek to rescind and sue in tort for fraud and deceit.” | 5 |
| 3 | Del Mazo v. Sanchez | green | “if the contract is invalid because of the antecedent fraud, then the disclaimer provision therein is ineffectual since, in legal contemplation, there is no contract between the parties.” | 5 |
| 4 | Crews v. Cisco Bros. Ford-Mercury, Inc. | green | “false and fraudulent representations as to an existing fact which induced the signing of a sales contract give the purchaser the right to rescind the contract.” | 5 |
| 5 | Benevento v. Life USA Holding, Inc. | green | “courts should be concerned with assuring that the insurance purchasing public's reasonable expectations are fulfilled.” | 5 |
| 6 | Benevento v. Life USA Holding, Inc. | green | “regardless of the ambiguity (or lack thereof) inherent in a given set of insurance documents (whether they be applications, conditional receipts, rider, policies, etc.), the public has a right to expect that they will receive something of comparable value in return for the premi…” | 5 |
| 7 | Benevento v. Life USA Holding, Inc. | green | “thus, where an individual applies and pays for specific insurance coverage, the insurer may not unilaterally change the coverage or issue a policy differing from what the insured requested and paid for without affirmatively showing that the insured was notified or, and understoo…” | 5 |
| 8 | Carpenter v. Curtis | green | “two actions are available to one who was fraudulently induced by misrepresentations into entering a contract: he can affirm the contract and sue for breach or seek to rescind and sue in tort for fraud and deceit.” | 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.