7 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 54 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 Miles v. Apex Marine Corp..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miles v. Apex Marine Corp. Anchor | green | “we assume that congress is aware of existing law when it passes legislation.” | 34 |
| 2 | Zadvydas v. Davis | green | “the distinction between an alien who has effected an entry into the united states and one who has never entered runs throughout immigration law.” | 9 |
| 3 | Wheeler v. Hronopoulos | green | “failing to bring an argument to the district court means that you waive that argument on appeal.” | 4 |
| 4 | Sturgeon v. Frost | green | “he words of a statute must be read in their context and with a view to their place in the overall statutory scheme.” | 2 |
| 5 | Joshua Kelly v. Timothy Wengler | green | “under well established law, substantial violation of a court order constitutes a significant change in factual circumstances.” | 2 |
| 6 | United States v. Scott Carlberg | green | “we will find an abuse of discretion if there is no evidence in the record on which the district court could have rationally based its deci- sion.” | 2 |
| 7 | Sturgeon v. Frost | green | “statutory language 'cannot be construed in a vacuum. it is a fundamental canon of statutory construction that the words of a statute must be read in their context and with a view to their place in the overall statutory scheme.” | 1 |
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.