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8 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 150 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 Carlisle v. United States.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlisle v. United States Anchor | green | “it is difficult to conceive of a situation in a federal criminal case today where a writ of coram nobis would be necessary or appropriate.” | 48 |
| 2 | United States v. Morgan | green | “continuation of litigation after final judgment and exhaustion or waiver of any statutory right of review should be allowed through this extraordinary remedy only under circumstances compelling such action to achieve justice.” | 29 |
| 3 | United States v. Morgan | green | “of the most fundamental character.” | 26 |
| 4 | United States v. Morgan | green | “only under circumstances compelling such action to achieve justice.” | 24 |
| 5 | United States v. Denedo | green | “extraordinary' cases presenting circumstances compelling its use 'to achieve justice.” | 11 |
| 6 | Keith Baranski v. United States | green | “coram nobis relief has been called the criminal-law equivalent of the hail mary pass in american football.” | 5 |
| 7 | United States v. Hansen | green | “discretionary power to set aside an underlying conviction and sentence which, for a valid reason, should never have been entered.” | 4 |
| 8 | United States v. Hansen | green | “an equitable tool for federal courts to 'fill the interstices of the federal post-conviction remedial framework.” | 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.