8 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 80 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 Thunder Basin Coal Co. v. Reich.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thunder Basin Coal Co. v. Reich Anchor | green | “fairly discernible in the statutory scheme.” | 22 |
| 2 | McNary v. Haitian Refugee Center, Inc. | green | “general collateral challenges to unconstitutional practices and policies used by the agency in processing applications.” | 19 |
| 3 | American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance v. Sullivan | green | “the first inquiry in every due process challenge is whether the plaintiff has been deprived of a protected interest in 'property' or 'liberty.” | 18 |
| 4 | Axon Enterprise, Inc. v. FTC | green | “a special statutory review scheme . . . may preclude district courts from exercising jurisdiction over challenges to federal agency action.” | 9 |
| 5 | Yi v. Maugans | green | “where, as here, the challenge by the aliens is neither procedural nor collateral to the merits and where application of the specific statutory provisions would not preclude meaningful judicial review.” | 3 |
| 6 | Massieu v. Reno | green | “have excused exhaustion under the ina for certain constitutional challenges.” | 3 |
| 7 | Massieu v. Reno | green | “not one of the purposes underlying the doctrine would be served by requiring exhaustion.” | 3 |
| 8 | Massieu v. Reno | green | “sufficiently intelligible standards to direct the secretary's exercise of discretion and to enable the court to review the exercise thereof.” | 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.