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5 canonical passages across 4 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 United States v. Sidney Springs.

#Case FlagCanonical passage Citers
1 United States v. Sidney Springs Anchor
ca7 · 1993
green “prosecutors need not offer discounts and may withdraw their offers on whim.” 4
2 United States v. Sidney Springs
ca7 · 1993
green “prosecutors need not offer discounts and may withdraw their offers on whim. defendants have no substantive right to bargain-basement sentences.” 4
3 United States v. Raymond J. Lyons
ca7 · 1982
green “nothing the defendant said could be attributed to him or used against him, but that the government would be free to follow any leads provided by defendant against him.” 3
4 United States v. Carlos Quintanilla and Leticia Gutierrez
ca7 · 1993
green “significant, disputed factual issue regarding whether or not the government made a formal or informal grant of immunity to him.” 3
5 Manu Patel v. United States
ca7 · 1994
green “the government was free to pursue investigative leads contained in his proffer.” 3

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