7 canonical passages across 7 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. Pamela Jones, Katresa Marie Johnson, Mark J. Scott, Jr..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States v. Pamela Jones, Katresa Marie Johnson, Mark J. Scott, Jr. Anchor | green | “while the jury may draw reasonable inferences from direct or circumstantial evidence, an inference must be more than speculation and conjecture to be reasonable, and caution must be taken that the conviction not be obtained by piling inference on inference.” | 7 |
| 2 | United States v. Green | green | “the essence of aiding and abetting liability is proof the defendant willfully associated with a criminal venture and sought through some affirmative action to make that venture succeed.” | 4 |
| 3 | United States v. Collins | green | “a harmless error is one that does not have a substantial influence on the outcome of the trial; nor does it leave one in grave doubt as to whether it had such effect.” | 4 |
| 4 | United States v. Thornburgh | green | “proceeds' means 'profits' for the purpose of the money laundering statute only where an illegal gambling operation is involved.” | 4 |
| 5 | United States v. Lake | green | “criminally derived property' means any property constituting, or derived from, proceeds obtained from a criminal offense,” | 3 |
| 6 | United States v. William L. Deloach, Sr. | green | “the more that this document is challenged the more it emphasizes the importance, and particularly in a fraud case where we have a cooperating individual, of having a document that in one comprehensive format identifies the various kinds of frauds and the patterns.” | 3 |
| 7 | United States v. Felipe Martinez-Nava and Jose Cepeda-Cabada | green | “harmless beyond a reasonable doubt.” | 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.