3 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 14 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 Smith v. Berryhill.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smith v. Berryhill Anchor | green | “fundamental principles of administrative law, however, teach that a federal court generally goes astray if it decides a question that has been delegated to an agency if that agency has not first had a chance to address the question.” | 8 |
| 2 | Ren v. Holder | green | “s initial error . . . was quite clearly a quickly-corrected innocent mistake. as such, it cannot form the basis for an adverse credibility determination.” | 3 |
| 3 | Smith v. Berryhill | green | “federal court generally goes astray if it decides a question that has been delegated to an agency if that agency has not first had a chance to address the question.” | 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.