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3 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 24 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. Rodriguez-Rivera.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States v. Rodriguez-Rivera Anchor | green | “an appellate waiver is not enforceable if the government breaches its obligations under the plea agreement.” | 12 |
| 2 | United States v. VanDam | green | “general principles of contract law define the content and scope of the government's obligations under a plea agreement.” | 8 |
| 3 | United States v. VanDam | green | “we thus look to the express language in the agreement to identify both the nature of the government's promise and the defendant's reasonable understanding of this promise at the time of the entry of the guilty plea.” | 4 |
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.