7 canonical passages across 7 cases, quoted by 254 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 Mulcahey v. Columbia Organic Chemicals Company, Incorporated.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mulcahey v. Columbia Organic Chemicals Company, Incorporated Anchor | green | “the burden of establishing federal jurisdiction is placed upon the party seeking removal.” | 128 |
| 2 | Frances T. Karsten v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States, Inc. | green | “if the first reason given is independently sufficient, then all those that follow are surplusage; thus, the strength of the first makes all the rest dicta.” | 71 |
| 3 | Matthew Dixon v. Coburg Dairy, Incorporated, Equal Employment Advisory Council, Amicus Curiae | green | “obliged to construe removal jurisdiction strictly because of the 'significant federalism concerns' implicated.” | 25 |
| 4 | Joan M. Ennis v. The National Association of Business and Educational Radio, Incorporated | green | “where the record taken as a whole could not lead a rational trier of fact to find for the non-moving party, disposition by summary judgment is appropriate.” | 14 |
| 5 | Aids Counseling And Testing Centers v. Group W Television, Incorporated | green | “whether an attempted joinder is fraudulent.” | 7 |
| 6 | Landmark Corp. v. Apogee Coal Co. | green | “demonstrate that it is more likely than not that the amount in controversy exceeds the jurisdictional amount.” | 5 |
| 7 | Bartnikowski v. NVR, Incorporated | green | “generally, the amount specified in the complaint will determine whether the jurisdictional amount is satisfied for purposes of removal.” | 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.