5 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 19 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 Ng Fung Ho v. White.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ng Fung Ho v. White Anchor | green | “until the claim of citizenship is resolved, the propriety of the entire proceeding is in doubt.” | 7 |
| 2 | Javier Ontoniel Bustamante-Barrera v. Alberto R. Gonzales, U.S. Attorney General | green | “alien children whose real interests were located in america with their custodial parent, and not abroad, should be automatically naturalized.” | 3 |
| 3 | State v. Carlson | green | “if 'less than fourteen years of age' or 'under fourteen years of age' had been used in a nebraska sexual assault statute, the protection of that statute would terminate when a child reached the 14th birthday.” | 3 |
| 4 | Commonwealth v. a Juvenile | green | “no person shall file a valid application for naturalization unless he shall have attained the age of eighteen years.” | 3 |
| 5 | State v. Munoz | green | “a child of the age of sixteen years, or under.” | 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.