7 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 30 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 Haitian Refugee Center v. James S. Gracey, Admiral/commandant, United States Coast Guard.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Haitian Refugee Center v. James S. Gracey, Admiral/commandant, United States Coast Guard Anchor | green | “merely a non-binding resolution.” | 5 |
| 2 | Chubb & Son, Inc., as Subrogee of Samsung Semiconductor v. Asiana Airlines | green | “customary international law results from a general and consistent practice of states followed by them from a sense of legal obligation.” | 5 |
| 3 | Dolly M. E. Filartiga and Joel Filartiga v. Americo Norberto Pena-Irala | green | “insofar as the expectation is gradually justified by state practice.” | 4 |
| 4 | Juan Raul Garza v. Harley G. Lappin, Warden | green | “recognizes the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health,” | 4 |
| 5 | Ambase Corporation v. City Investing Company Liquidating Trust | green | “a complaint should not be dismissed for failure to state a claim unless it appears beyond doubt that the plaintiff can prove no set of facts in support of his claim which would entitle him to relief.” | 4 |
| 6 | Flores v. Southern Peru Copper Corp. | green | “are even less probative than plaintiffs' documentary evidence of the existence of universal norms, especially considering the vigorous academic debate over the content of international law.” | 4 |
| 7 | Flores v. Southern Peru Copper Corp. | green | “would displace the agreement of nations as the source of customary international law and substitute for it the consciences and sensibilities of individual judges.” | 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.