6 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 85 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. Nixon.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States v. Nixon Anchor | green | “the executive branch has exclusive authority and absolute discretion to decide whether to prosecute a case” | 36 |
| 2 | Poirier v. Massachusetts Department of Correction | green | “a plaintiff may seek prospective injunctive relief against a state official, but may not obtain such relief against a state or its agency because of the sovereign immunity bar of the eleventh amendment.” | 18 |
| 3 | United States v. Nixon | green | “he executive branch has exclusive authority and absolute discretion to decide whether to prosecute a case.” | 17 |
| 4 | Oyler v. Boles | green | “he conscious exercise of some selectivity in enforcement is not in itself a federal constitutional violation.” | 8 |
| 5 | Norman R. Harrington v. R. Christopher Almy, Etc. | green | “he interest that prosecutorial immunity is designed to protect-independence in the charging decision-is implicated whether the decision is to initiate a prosecution or decline to do so.” | 4 |
| 6 | Oyler v. Boles | green | “the conscious exercise of some selectivity in enforcement is not in itself a federal constitutional violation” | 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.