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7 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 25 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. Jose Luis Medina-Cervantes.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States v. Jose Luis Medina-Cervantes Anchor | green | “courts must not use the sentencing power as a carrot and stick to clear congested calendars, and they must not create an appearance of such a practice.” | 5 |
| 2 | United States v. Valencia-Barragan | green | “failure to do more does not constitute plain error.” | 5 |
| 3 | United States v. John William Simpson, AKA Brother John Simpson | green | “generally avoid such interference as would divest juries of their power to acquit an accused, even though the evidence of his guilt may be clear.” | 3 |
| 4 | United States v. Michael Kayser | green | “a defendant is entitled to have the judge instruct the jury on his theory of defense,” | 3 |
| 5 | People v. Hochanadel | green | “do not, merely by providing medical patients with medicinal marijuana, consistently assume responsibility for the health of those patients” | 3 |
| 6 | People v. Hochanadel | green | “there must be evidence of an existing, established relationship, providing for housing, health or safety independent of the administration of medical marijuana.” | 3 |
| 7 | United States v. Steve McIntosh | green | “anyone in any state who possesses, distributes, or manufactures marijuana for medical or recreational purposes (or attempts or conspires to do so) is committing a federal crime.” | 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.