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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 52 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 United States v. Mitchell.

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1 United States v. Mitchell Anchor
scotus · 1980
green “because an action against a federal agency . . . is essentially a suit against the united states, such suits are . . . barred under the doctrine of sovereign immunity, unless such immunity is waived.” 34
2 United States v. Sherwood
scotus · 1941
green “because an action against a federal agency . . . is essentially a suit against the united states, such suits are . . . barred under the doctrine of sovereign immunity, unless such immunity is waived.” 18

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