5 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 18 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. Albert Escalante.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States v. Albert Escalante Anchor | green | “is the preferred alternative to declaring mistrial when a witness makes inappropriate or prejudicial remarks; mistrial is appropriate only where there has been so much prejudice that an instruction is unlikely to cure it.” | 5 |
| 2 | United States v. Victor Montano Disla | green | “may be demonstrated by direct or circumstantial evidence that the defendant had the power to dispose of the drug.” | 4 |
| 3 | United States v. Levi Culps | green | “based on facts specific to the defendant's case,” | 3 |
| 4 | United States v. Levi Culps | green | “seized in two unrelated cases from different parts of the country,” | 3 |
| 5 | United States v. Joshua R. Kilby | green | “the information which supports an approximation must possess sufficient indicia of reliability to support its probable accuracy,” | 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.