4 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 39 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 California Democratic Party v. Jones.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California Democratic Party v. Jones Anchor | green | “in no area is the political association's right to exclude more important than in the process of selecting its nominee.” | 12 |
| 2 | New York State Bd. of Elections v. López Torres | green | “a political party has a first amendment right to limit its membership as it wishes, and to choose a candidate-selection process that will in its view produce the nominee who best represents its political platform.” | 11 |
| 3 | Eu v. San Francisco County Democratic Central Committee | green | “standard bearer who best represents the party's ideologies and preferences.” | 9 |
| 4 | California Democratic Party v. Jones | green | “a state may require parties to use the primary format for selecting their nominees, in order to assure that intraparty competition is resolved in a democratic fashion.” | 7 |
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.