7 canonical passages across 7 cases, quoted by 38 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 No. 04-1633.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No. 04-1633 Anchor | green | “the essence of the typicality requirement is captured by the notion that 'as goes the claim of the named plaintiff, so go the claims of the class.” | 20 |
| 2 | Ward v. Dixie National Life Insurance Company | green | “a conflict is not fundamental when . . . all class members 'share common objectives and the same factual and legal positions and have the same interest in establishing the liability of defendants.” | 3 |
| 3 | Teresa Speaks v. U. S. Tobacco Cooperative Inc. | green | “a district court may certify a class only if the class representatives 'will fairly and adequately protect the interests of the class.” | 3 |
| 4 | Kenneth Bell v. Durant Brockett | green | “in the context of a class action predominantly for money damages, we have held that absence of notice and opt out violates due process.” | 3 |
| 5 | Carolina Youth Action Project v. Alan Wilson | green | “serves to uncover conflicts of interest between named parties and the class they seek to represent.” | 3 |
| 6 | Career Counseling, Inc. v. Amerifactors Financial Group, LLC | green | “contains an implicit threshold requirement that the members of a proposed class be readily identifiable,” | 3 |
| 7 | Robert Stafford, Jr. v. Bojangles' Restaurants, Incorporated | green | “provide proper detail to identify whether or not a prospective class member was injured and whether their claim coheres with the rest of the certified class.” | 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.