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8 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 171 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. Nixon.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States v. Nixon Anchor | green | “the executive branch has exclusive authority and absolute discretion to decide whether to prosecute a case.” | 51 |
| 2 | Bordenkircher v. Hayes | green | “in our system, so long as the prosecutor has probable cause to believe that the accused committed an offense defined by statute, the decision whether or not to prosecute, and what charge to file or bring before a grand jury, generally rests entirely in his discretion.” | 35 |
| 3 | Wayte v. United States | green | “particularly ill-suited to judicial review.” | 19 |
| 4 | Wayte v. United States | green | “such factors as the strength of the case, the prosecution's general deterrence value, the government's enforcement priorities, and the case's relationship to the government's overall enforcement plan are not readily susceptible to the kind of analysis the courts are competent to…” | 16 |
| 5 | United States v. Agustin Gallegos-Curiel | green | “the appearance of vindictiveness results only where, as a practical matter, there is a realistic or reasonable likelihood of prosecutorial conduct that would not have occurred but for hostility or a punitive animus towards the defendant because he has exercised his specific lega…” | 4 |
| 6 | United States v. Bernardino Ruesga-Martinez | green | “seekss to reduce or eliminate apprehension on the part of an accused” | 3 |
| 7 | United States v. Franke Eugenio Martinez | green | “requires us to consider legal concepts in the mix of fact and law,” | 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.