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13 canonical passages across 10 cases, quoted by 467 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 Jennings v. Rodriguez.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jennings v. Rodriguez Anchor | green | “federal regulations provide that aliens detained under 1226(a) receive bond hearings at the outset of detention.” | 122 |
| 2 | Preiser v. Rodriguez | green | “the essence of habeas corpus is an attack by a person in custody upon the legality of that custody, and . . . the traditional function of the writ is to secure release from illegal custody.” | 63 |
| 3 | Nasrallah v. Barr | green | “uses the term 'noncitizen' as equivalent to the statutory term 'alien.” | 48 |
| 4 | Soberanes v. Comfort | green | “challenges to immigration detention are properly brought directly through habeas.” | 38 |
| 5 | Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo | green | “courts need not and under the apa may not defer to an agency interpretation of the law simply because a statute is ambiguous.” | 38 |
| 6 | Soberanes v. Comfort | green | “in custody in violation of the constitution or laws or treaties of the united states.” | 32 |
| 7 | Dubin v. United States | green | “a title is especially valuable where it reinforces what the text's nouns and verbs independently suggest.” | 27 |
| 8 | Whitmore v. Parker | green | “while the federal rules of civil procedure may be applied in habeas proceedings, they need not be in every instance - particularly where strict application would undermine the habeas review process.” | 24 |
| 9 | Hose v. Immigration & Naturalization Service | green | “a deportation hearing was the 'usual means of proceeding against a noncitizen already physically in the united states.” | 22 |
| 10 | King v. Burwell | green | “if the statutory language is plain, the court must enforce it according to its terms.” | 20 |
| 11 | Soberanes v. Comfort | green | “is in custody in violation of the constitution or laws or treaties of the united states.” | 19 |
| 12 | Gall v. Scroggy | green | “always retains jurisdiction to enforce its lawful judgments, including habeas judgments.” | 4 |
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.