6 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 404 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 Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Bagamasbad.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Bagamasbad Anchor | green | “as a general rule courts and agencies are not required to make findings on issues the decision of which is unnecessary to the results they reach.” | 258 |
| 2 | Biao Yang v. Gonzales | green | “an applicant's failure to corroborate his or her testimony may bear on credibility, because the absence of corroboration in general makes an applicant unable to rehabilitate testimony that has already been called into question.” | 48 |
| 3 | Y.C. v. Holder | green | “we generally defer to the agency's evaluation of the weight to be afforded an applicant's documentary evidence.” | 46 |
| 4 | Jian Xing Huang v. United States Immigration and Naturalization Service | green | “in the absence of solid support in the record . . . fear is speculative at best.” | 28 |
| 5 | Li Hua Lin v. United States Department of Justice Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General | green | “we can be still more confident in our review of observations about an applicant's demeanor where, as here, they are supported by specific examples of inconsistent testimony.” | 20 |
| 6 | Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Bagamasbad | green | “s a general rule courts and agencies are not required to make findings on issues the decision of which is unnecessary to the results they reach” | 4 |
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.