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5 canonical passages across 4 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 Emily Rivera v. City of Chicago.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emily Rivera v. City of Chicago Anchor | green | “the district court must make a threshold factual finding that the losing party is 'incapable of paying the court-imposed costs at this time or in the future.” | 15 |
| 2 | Emily Rivera v. City of Chicago | green | “should consider the amount of costs, the good faith of the losing party, and the closeness and difficulty of the issues raised by a case when using its discretion to deny costs.” | 7 |
| 3 | Renee Lange v. City of Oconto | green | “a showing of good faith alone, however, is insufficient to shield a losing litigant from paying costs.” | 6 |
| 4 | Johnson v. Target Corp. | green | “presumptively receives the costs of litigation and it is the losing party's burden to overcome this presumption.” | 6 |
| 5 | Joan P. Luckey and United States of America Ex Rel. Joan P. Luckey v. Baxter Healthcare Corporation | green | “someone has to bear the costs of litigation, and the winner has much the better claim to be spared them . . . . straitened circumstances do not justify filing weak suits and then demanding that someone else pay the bill.” | 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.