6 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 452 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 Hamdi v. Rumsfeld.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hamdi v. Rumsfeld Anchor | green | “available to every individual detained within the united states.” | 210 |
| 2 | Julia Shearson v. Eric Holder, Jr. | green | “pursuit of administrative remedies would be a futile gesture.” | 51 |
| 3 | Shalala v. Illinois Council on Long Term Care, Inc. | green | “legal question is 'fit' for resolution and delay means hardship.” | 49 |
| 4 | United States v. Pedro Silvestre-Gregorio | green | “if this court has previously addressed the due-process claim, then we are bound by precedent; if the claim is an issue of first impression, then we generally apply the three-factor test the supreme court set out in mathews v. eldridge.” | 48 |
| 5 | Fatjon Sterkaj Amemona Sokoli-Sterkaj v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General | green | “that the bia denied him due process by relying upon an 'incomplete and inaccurate' transcript to review his case,” | 47 |
| 6 | Island Creek Coal Co. v. Melyndia Bryan | green | “courts have described an implied requirement to raise issues with an agency as a 'judge- made,' 'prudential,' or 'common law' duty to exhaust,” | 47 |
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.