5 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 22 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 The Emily and the Caroline.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Emily and the Caroline Anchor | green | “enable offenders to elude its provisions in the most easy manner.” | 5 |
| 2 | The Emily and the Caroline | green | “render the law in a great measure nugatory, and enable offenders to elude its provisions in the most easy manner.” | 5 |
| 3 | Guedes v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms | green | “statutory definition of 'machinegun' does not include a firearm that shoots more than one round 'automatically' by a single pull of the trigger and then some.” | 4 |
| 4 | Scott Hardin v. ATF | green | “automatically more than one shot . . . by a single function of the trigger.” | 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.