3 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 11 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 Marlys Bear Medicine v. United States.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marlys Bear Medicine v. United States Anchor | green | “decisions involving the application of objective scientific standards are not insulated by the discretionary function exception because they do not involve the weighing of economic, political and social policy.” | 5 |
| 2 | Alabama Electric Cooperative, Inc. v. The United States of America and the United States Army Corps of Engineers | green | “nothing to suggest that all design decisions are inherently 'grounded in social, economy, and political policy.” | 3 |
| 3 | Andrulonis v. United States | green | “the general policy of wanting to eradicate rabies and granting officials some discretion to achieve those ends is far too broad and indefinite to insulate dr. baer's negligent conduct in the circumstances of this case.” | 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.