7 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 81 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 Correctional Services Corp. v. Malesko.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Correctional Services Corp. v. Malesko Anchor | green | “so long as the plaintiff had an avenue for some redress, bedrock principles of separation of powers foreclosed judicial imposition of a new substantive liability.” | 27 |
| 2 | Correctional Services Corp. v. Malesko | green | “since carlson we have consistently refused to extend bivens liability to any new context or new category of defendants.” | 12 |
| 3 | Schweiker v. Chilicky | green | “the absence of statutory relief for a constitutional violation . . . does not by any means necessarily imply that courts should award money damages against the officers responsible for the violation.” | 11 |
| 4 | Scott Callahan v. Fed. Bureau of Prisons | green | “alternative processes, for bivens purposes, do not have to be creations of congress.” | 10 |
| 5 | Egbert v. Boule | green | “so long as congress or the executive has created a remedial process that it finds sufficient to secure an adequate level of deterrence, the courts cannot second-guess that calibration by superimposing a bivens remedy.” | 10 |
| 6 | Anas Elhady v. Unidentified CBP Agents | green | “plaintiffs like elhady often have no cause of action unless we extend bivens. and if there is no cause of action, courts should stop there.” | 6 |
| 7 | Misty Coleman v. Hamilton Cnty. Bd. of Cnty. Comm'rs | green | “corrections officers must protect convicted prisoners from harm under the eighth amendment, and they must protect pretrial detainees from harm under the due process clause.” | 5 |
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