8 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 63 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 Kulhawik v. Holder.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kulhawik v. Holder Anchor | green | “an attorney's unsworn statements in a brief are not evidence.” | 25 |
| 2 | Skyline Corporation v. National Labor Relations Board | green | “statements by counsel in briefs are not evidence.” | 20 |
| 3 | United States v. Jorge Guadian-Salazar | green | “make provisions for them to legally enter the united states and to remain until the case is terminated.” | 3 |
| 4 | United States v. Stephen Ross Allie | green | “because of the importance our constitutional tradition attaches to a defendant's right to confrontation, the 'good faith effort' requirement demands much more than a merely perfunctory effort by the government.” | 3 |
| 5 | United States v. Stephen Ross Allie | green | “deporting a witness may still be consistent with 'good faith' and 'reasonable' efforts to procure the witnesses' availability at trial.” | 3 |
| 6 | United States v. Stephen Ross Allie | green | “may be introduced against a criminal defendant if the government can 'demonstrate the unavailability of the declarant whose statements it wishes to use.” | 3 |
| 7 | United States v. Juan Alberto Cardona, Also Known as Juancho | green | “the unsworn assertions of the government's attorney do not provide a sufficiently reliable basis for a defendant's sentence.” | 3 |
| 8 | United States v. Samuel Acosta-Ruiz | green | “great practical difficulties for us as a reviewing court.” | 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.