7 canonical passages across 7 cases, quoted by 250 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 Morrison v. National Australia Bank Ltd..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morrison v. National Australia Bank Ltd. Anchor | green | “determining the existence of subject matter jurisdiction is a threshold inquiry, and a claim is properly dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction under rule 12(b)(1) when the district court lacks the statutory or constitutional power to adjudicate it.” | 84 |
| 2 | Bryant v. Steele | green | “a federal court has subject matter jurisdiction over a cause of action only when it has authority to adjudicate the cause pressed in the complaint.” | 51 |
| 3 | Carter v. HealthPort Technologies, LLC | green | “alleges facts that affirmatively and plausibly suggest that the plaintiff has standing to sue.” | 36 |
| 4 | Tandon v. Captain's Cove Marina of Bridgeport, Inc. | green | “where jurisdictional facts are placed in dispute, the court has the power and obligation to decide issues of fact by reference to evidence outside the pleadings, such as affidavits,” | 36 |
| 5 | Amidax Trading Group v. S.W.I.F.T. Scrl | green | “alleges facts that affirmatively and plausibly suggest that the plaintiff has standing to sue.” | 27 |
| 6 | Lerner v. Fleet Bank | green | “on a rule 12(b)(1) motion, . . . the party who invokes the court's jurisdiction bears the burden of proof to demonstrate that subject matter jurisdiction exists, whereas the movant bears the burden of proof on a motion to dismiss under rule 12(b)(6).” | 8 |
| 7 | JTE Enterprises, Inc. v. Cuomo | green | “in adjudicating a motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction pursuant to rule 12(b)(1), the court may consider matters outside the pleadings.” | 8 |
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