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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 Fleischmann Distilling Corp. v. Maier Brewing Co..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fleischmann Distilling Corp. v. Maier Brewing Co. Anchor | green | “in a civil contempt action occasioned by willful disobedience of a court order an award of attorney's fees may be authorized as part of the fine to be levied on the defendant.” | 5 |
| 2 | Smith v. Scalia | green | “an opportunity to address an issue in briefing counts as notice and an opportunity to be heard.” | 4 |
| 3 | Smith v. Scalia | green | “constitutes an unwarranted burden on 'the orderly and expeditious administration of justice.” | 4 |
| 4 | Caldwell v. Obama | green | “the requisite finding of harassment or vexatiousness does not rest solely on some arbitrary threshold number of lawsuits filed but rather must also take account of the repetitiveness and nature of the claims” | 3 |
| 5 | American Rivers v. United States Army Corps of Engineers | green | “a civil contempt action is characterized as remedial in nature, used to obtain compliance with a court order or to compensate for damages sustained as a result from noncompliance.” | 2 |
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.