9 canonical passages across 7 cases, quoted by 110 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 In Re Oliver L. North (Reagan Fee Application).
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In Re Oliver L. North (Reagan Fee Application) Anchor | green | “bears the burden of establishing all elements of his entitlement.” | 36 |
| 2 | In Re Franklyn C. NOFZIGER | green | “constitutes a waiver of sovereign immunity it is to be strictly construed.” | 22 |
| 3 | In Re Oliver L. North (Dutton Fee Application) | green | “the independent counsel might reasonably be expected to point the finger of accusation” | 15 |
| 4 | In Re: Madison Guaranty Savings & Loan | green | “the contemplation of the legislation is not that subjects of independent counsel investigations will be reimbursed for all legal fees, but only ... for those legal fees that would not have been incurred by a similarly-situated subject investigated in the absence of the act.” | 10 |
| 5 | In Re Sealed Case | green | “officials and here derivative 'subjects' who are investigated by independent counsels will be subject only to paying those attorneys' fees that would normally be paid by private citizens being investigated for the same offense by” | 9 |
| 6 | In Re Sealed Case | green | “officials who are investigated by independent counsels will be subject only to paying those attorneys' fees that would normally be paid by private citizens being investigated for the same offense by” | 7 |
| 7 | In Re: Madison Guaranty Savings & Loan | green | “we harbor no doubt that in the absence of the independent counsel statute the allegations surrounding the clintons, madison guaranty, and whitewater would have been similarly investigated and prosecuted by the department of justice.” | 4 |
| 8 | In Re Edwin Meese III | green | “generalized suspicion based on associations of a personal and personal business nature.” | 4 |
| 9 | In Re Samuel R. PIERCE, Jr. (Abrams Fee Application) | green | “status as a 'mere witness' is not sufficient to meet the elemental requirement of 'subject' designation for purposes of the act.” | 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.