3 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 17 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 Arizona v. Hicks.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arizona v. Hicks Anchor | green | “a search is a search, even if it happens to disclose nothing but the bottom of a turntable.” | 9 |
| 2 | Desist v. United States | green | “katz for the first time explicitly overruled the 'physical penetration' and 'trespass' tests enunciated in earlier decisions of this court.” | 4 |
| 3 | Carpenter v. United States | green | “people understand that they may be filmed by security cameras on city streets, or a police officer could stake out their house and tail them for a time. . . . but capturing everyone's movements outside during the daytime for 45 days goes beyond that ordinary capacity.” | 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.