3 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 17 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 Frew Ex Rel. Frew v. Hawkins.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frew Ex Rel. Frew v. Hawkins Anchor | green | “federal courts are not reduced to approving consent decrees and hoping for compliance. once entered, a consent decree may be enforced.” | 10 |
| 2 | Johnson v. Robinson | green | “a federal district court may not use its power of enforcing consent decrees to enlarge or diminish the duties on which the parties have agreed and which the court has approved.” | 4 |
| 3 | David C. Ex Rel. Brown v. Leavitt | green | “it would defy logic for appellees to agree to include the four-year termination provision in the agreement if they actually foresaw that utah would not be in substantial compliance with the terms of the agreement at the end of the four-year period.” | 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.