4 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 27 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 United States v. John F. Grismore.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States v. John F. Grismore Anchor | green | “a judge is not disqualified merely because a litigant sues or threatens to sue him.” | 15 |
| 2 | Standing Committee on Discipline of the United States District Court for the Central District of California v. Stephen Yagman | green | “party cannot force a judge to recuse himself by engaging in personal attacks on the judge . . . .” | 4 |
| 3 | Bate Land Co. v. Bate Land & Timber LLC (In Re Bate Land & Timber LLC) | green | “weighing the competing evidence presented by the parties and arriving at a conclusion is exactly the task that the bankruptcy court must carry out as a fact-finder.” | 4 |
| 4 | United States v. Willie McCall | green | “after presiding over lengthy, involved litigation, a district court will likely have useful knowledge that would be difficult for a new judge to acquire.” | 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.