7 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 Brookhart v. Janis.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brookhart v. Janis Anchor | green | “there is a presumption against the waiver of constitutional rights, and for a waiver to be effective it must be clearly established that there was an intentional relinquishment or abandonment of a known right or privilege.” | 7 |
| 2 | United States v. Thomas Allen Russell | green | “reasonably foreseen as a necessary or natural consequence of the unlawful agreement.” | 4 |
| 3 | Dale Matthew Olson v. Leslie Green, Chairman of Minnesota Board of Corrections, and Warren Spannaus, Attorney General of the State of Minnesota | green | “acted on the defendant's behalf or that they acted together.” | 3 |
| 4 | United States v. Thomas Allen Russell | green | “conspirators are responsible for crimes committed 'within the scope of the unlawful project' and thus 'reasonably foreseen as a necessary or natural consequence of the unlawful agreement.” | 3 |
| 5 | United States v. Walter E. Brewer and Brian E. Honel | green | “until the conspiracy accomplished its goals or that conspirator withdraws.” | 3 |
| 6 | United States v. White | green | “because it was reasonably foreseeable to them joshua price could murder a witness in order to protect the drug distribution operation.” | 3 |
| 7 | United States v. White | green | “the mere fact that defendants may have participated in the drug conspiracy did not constitute a waiver of their constitutional confrontation rights.” | 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.