7 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 21 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. Polizzi.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States v. Polizzi Anchor | green | “were from the vicinage, were well-informed and self-confident property owners, and knew the essentials of the local criminal law and its punishments,” | 3 |
| 2 | United States v. Polizzi | green | “were well-informed and self-confident property owners, and knew the essentials of the local criminal law and its punishments.” | 3 |
| 3 | The People v. Bruner | green | “abrogates an essential attribute of the trial of a criminal case by a jury as known to the common law, and results in the deprivation of a right which has been uniformly guaranteed by our successive constitutions.” | 3 |
| 4 | The People v. Bruner | green | “following the rule and practice at common law, held that it was the duty of the jury in every criminal case ... to take the law from the court and to apply the law so received to the facts as they found them from the evidence” | 3 |
| 5 | Commonwealth v. Bryson | green | “is now settled in pennsylvania,” | 3 |
| 6 | United States v. Battiste | green | “if any citizen ... shall land ... on any foreign shore, and seize any negro or mulatto ... with intent to make such negro or mulatto a slave ... such citizen or person shall be adjudged a pirate, and on conviction thereof ... shall suffer death.” | 3 |
| 7 | Zamora v. Wells Fargo Home Mortgage | green | “while the court realizes that its decision ... may in some ways be unfair and unduly harsh ..., the court is bound to follow binding precedent from the tenth circuit.” | 3 |
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