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5 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 127 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 McCarthy v. Madigan.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McCarthy v. Madigan Anchor | red | “serves the twin purposes of protecting administrative agency authority and promoting judicial efficiency.” | 111 |
| 2 | Timms v. Johns | green | “prudential concerns, such as comity and the orderly administration of criminal justice, may require a federal court to forgo the exercise of its habeas corpus power.” | 6 |
| 3 | Sokha Sun v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General Immigration and Naturalization Service Robert Coleman, District Director of Ins | green | “where a statute specifically requires exhaustion, the requirement is not excused based merely on a judicial conclusion of futility.” | 4 |
| 4 | Covad Communications Co. v. Federal Communications Commission | green | “the commission's fourth try is a charm.” | 3 |
| 5 | Qwest Corporation v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of America, McLeodusa Telecommunications Services, Inc., Intervenors | green | “one swallow doesn't make a summer.” | 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.