5 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 28 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. James.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States v. James Anchor | green | “the starting point in statutory interpretation is 'the language of the statute itself.” | 11 |
| 2 | United States v. James | green | “the starting point in statutory interpretation is the language of the statute itself.” | 8 |
| 3 | United States v. Dedorise Daniel Doyal | green | “each time the drug was imported into the united states a violation would occur.” | 3 |
| 4 | United States v. Mark Allan Bayko | green | “unreasonableness of the result produced by one among alternative possible interpretations of a statute is a valid reason for rejecting that interpretation in favor of another which would produce a reasonable result.” | 3 |
| 5 | United States v. Daniel Joseph Maravilla, United States v. Rafael Jesus Dominguez | green | “whatever other statutes defendants may have violated, they did not violate this one.” | 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.