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5 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 140 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. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. Anchor | green | “a substantial number of its applications are unconstitutional, judged in relation to the statute's plainly legitimate sweep.” | 52 |
| 2 | United States v. Williams | green | “the first step in overbreadth analysis is to construe the challenged statute; it is impossible to determine whether a statute reaches too far without first knowing what the statute covers.” | 50 |
| 3 | Ashcroft v. American Civil Liberties Union | green | “as a general matter, the first amendment means that government has no power to restrict expression because of its message, its ideas, its subject matter, or its content.” | 22 |
| 4 | Ashcroft v. American Civil Liberties Union | green | “government has no power to restrict expression because of its message, its ideas, its subject matter, or its content.” | 9 |
| 5 | Ashcroft v. American Civil Liberties Union | green | “expression because of its message, its ideas, its subject matter, or its content.” | 7 |
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.