7 canonical passages across 6 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 Santisas v. Goodin.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santisas v. Goodin Anchor | green | “an appellate decision is not authority for everything said in the court's opinion but only 'for the points actually involved and actually decided.” | 21 |
| 2 | Fairbank v. City of Mill Valley | green | “where there is a reasonable possibility that the activity will have a significant effect on the environment due to unusual circumstances.” | 4 |
| 3 | Save Our Carmel River v. Monterey Peninsula Water Management District | green | “did not come close to meeting its burden because it simply accepted as correct a seven-page single-spaced letter from pge's lawyer misstating the law of berkeley hillside and erroneously stating that as long as the operations for diablo continued the same, then the commission di…” | 3 |
| 4 | Lighthouse Field Beach Rescue v. City of Santa Cruz | green | “nothing in the baseline concept excuses a lead agency from considering the potential environmental impacts of increases in the intensity or rate of use that may result from a project.” | 3 |
| 5 | North Coast Rivers Alliance v. Westlands Water District | green | “is de novo in the sense that we review the agency's actions as opposed to the trial court's decision.” | 3 |
| 6 | Citizens for East Shore Parks v. State Lands Commission | green | “because an improper 'baseline' was applied, and the staff never performed the 'factual evaluation' that was necessary to make a decision on public trust.” | 3 |
| 7 | Citizens for East Shore Parks v. State Lands Commission | green | “continued to evaluate the appropriate environmental review pursuant to ceqa for this application.” | 3 |
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.