Topic: general propositions do not decide concrete cases. · Go Syfert
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8 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 83 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 Lochner v. New York.

#Case FlagCanonical passage Citers
1 Lochner v. New York Anchor
scotus · 1905
red “general propositions do not decide concrete cases.” 40
2 United States v. Juan Jose Garcia
ca11 · 1989
green “in order for consent to a search to be deemed voluntary, it must be the product of an essentially free and unconstrained choice.” 14
3 United States v. Juan Jose Garcia
ca11 · 1989
green “one of the well-established exceptions to the probable cause and warrant requirements is a search which is conducted pursuant to voluntary consent.” 8
4 United States v. Juan Jose Garcia
ca11 · 1989
green “the product of an essentially free and unconstrained choice.” 7
5 United States v. Alfonso Hidalgo
ca11 · 1993
green “the government bears the burden of proving ... that the consent was not a function of acquiescence to a claim of lawful authority but rather was given freely and voluntarily.” 5
6 Robert N. Williams and Patricia M. Williams v. A.L. Bishop
ca11 · 1984
green “fewer than all the claims or parties” 4
7 United States v. Dylan Y. Rodney, A/K/A Dylan Y. Jackson
cadc · 1992
green “frequently hide drugs near their genitals.” 3
8 United States v. Augustin Gonzalez
ca11 · 1996
green “the absence of official coercion is a sine qua non of effective consent” 2

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