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5 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 145 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 Berger v. United States.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Berger v. United States Anchor | red | “the united states attorney is the representative not of an ordinary party to a controversy, but of a sovereignty whose obligation to govern impartially is as compelling as its obligation to govern at all; and whose interest, therefore, in a criminal prosecution is not that it sh…” | 117 |
| 2 | Smith v. Holtz | green | “have an affirmative duty to disclose exculpatory evidence to an accused if only by informing the prosecutor that the evidence exists.” | 11 |
| 3 | Brown v. Foley | green | “in new jersey that statute is n.j.s.a. 2a: 14-2, which provides that an action for an injury to the person caused by a wrongful act, neglect, or default, must be convened within two years of accrual of the cause of action.” | 8 |
| 4 | Fleming v. UPS | green | “false arrest or false imprisonment is the constraint of the person without legal justification.” | 6 |
| 5 | Reginald Wiley v. City of Chicago and Broderick Jones, 17432, Chicago Police Officer | green | “heck may in fact occasionally bar a civil rights claim premised on a false or wrongful arrest.” | 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.