12 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 159 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 Highland Capital Management, L.P. v. Schneider.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Highland Capital Management, L.P. v. Schneider Anchor | green | “a district court's inherent authority to manage the course of its trials encompasses the right to rule on motions in limine.” | 39 |
| 2 | Palmieri v. Defaria | green | “the purpose of an in limine motion is to aid the trial process by enabling the court to rule in advance of trial on the relevance of certain forecasted evidence, as to issues that are definitely set for trial, without lengthy argument at, or interruption of, the trial.” | 35 |
| 3 | Palmieri v. Defaria | green | “to aid the trial process by enabling the court to rule in advance of trial on the relevance of certain forecasted evidence, as to issues that are definitely set for trial, without lengthy argument at, or interruption of, the trial.” | 24 |
| 4 | United States v. Ozsusamlar | green | “the trial court should exclude evidence on a motion in limine only when the evidence is clearly inadmissible on all potential grounds.” | 15 |
| 5 | Palmieri v. Defaria | green | “the purpose of an in limine motion is 'to aid the trial process by enabling the court to rule in advance of trial on the relevance of certain forecasted evidence, as to issues that are definitely set for trial, without lengthy argument at, or interruption of, the trial.” | 13 |
| 6 | Highland Capital Management, L.P. v. Schneider | green | “inherent authority to manage the course of its trials encompasses the right to rule on motions in limine.” | 7 |
| 7 | United States v. The Southland Corporation and S. Richmond Dole and Eugene Mastropieri, the Southland Corporation, Eugene Mastropieri | green | “standard of relevance established by the federal rules of evidence is not high,” | 6 |
| 8 | Mango v. Buzzfeed, Inc. | green | “aid the trial process by enabling the court to rule in advance of trial on the relevance of certain forecasted evidence, as to issues that are definitely set for trial, without lengthy argument at, or interruption of, the trial.” | 6 |
| 9 | United States v. Chan | green | “subject to change when the case unfolds, particularly if the actual testimony differs from what was contained in the defendant's proffer.” | 5 |
| 10 | United States v. Chan | green | “considering a motion in limine, the court may reserve judgment until trial, so that the motion is placed in the appropriate factual context.” | 3 |
| 11 | United States v. Chan | green | “may reserve judgment until trial, so that the motion is placed in the appropriate factual context.” | 3 |
| 12 | United States v. Ozsusamlar | green | “should exclude evidence on a motion in limine only when the evidence is clearly inadmissible on all potential grounds.” | 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.