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6 canonical passages across 4 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 Soriano v. United States.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soriano v. United States Anchor | green | “limitations and conditions upon which the government consents to be sued must be strictly observed and exceptions thereto are not to be implied.” | 37 |
| 2 | Soriano v. United States | green | “must be strictly observed and exceptions thereto are not to be implied.” | 15 |
| 3 | Patterson v. McLean Credit Union | red | “considerations of stare decisis have special force in the area of statutory interpretation, for here, unlike in the context of constitutional interpretation, the legislative power is implicated, and congress remains free to alter what we have done.” | 13 |
| 4 | Soriano v. United States | green | “this court has long decided that limitations and conditions upon which the government consents to be sued must be strictly observed and exceptions thereto are not to be implied.” | 6 |
| 5 | Hilton v. South Carolina Public Railways Commission | green | “stare decisis has added force when the legislature, in the public sphere, and citizens, in the private realm, have acted in reliance on a previous decision, for in this instance overruling the decision would dislodge settled rights and expectations or require an extensive legisl…” | 6 |
| 6 | Honda v. Clark | green | “our previous cases dealing with the effect of time limits in suits against the government had not been entirely consistent,” | 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.