6 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 26 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 Energy Northwest v. United States.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Energy Northwest v. United States Anchor | green | “if a cost would have been incurred even in the non-breach world, it is not recoverable.” | 5 |
| 2 | Harvey Ward Locke v. United States | green | “certainty is sufficient if the evidence adduced enables the court to make a fair and reasonable approximation of the damages.” | 5 |
| 3 | Energy Northwest v. United States | green | “the plaintiff may prove the amount of costs by whatever means available, so long as the cumulative result is a reasonable certainty that the awarded costs were actually caused by the breach.” | 4 |
| 4 | Bingaman v. Department Of The Treasury | green | “the principle of collateral estoppel dictates that an issue that is fully and fairly litigated, is determined by a final judgment, and is essential to that judgment, is conclusive in a subsequent action between the same parties.” | 4 |
| 5 | Bluebonnet Savings Bank, F.S.B., and Stone Capital, Inc. (Formerly Known as Cfsb Corporation), and James M. Fail v. United States | green | “to derive the proper amount for the damages award, the costs resulting from the breach must be reduced by the costs, if any, that plaintiff would have experienced absent a breach.” | 4 |
| 6 | Indiana Michigan Power Company v. United States | green | “accordingly, must bring any future actions for damages related to doe's breach of the standard contract within six years of incurring such damages.” | 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.