4 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 276 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 Campbell v. Secretary of Health & Human Services.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Campbell v. Secretary of Health & Human Services Anchor | green | “ike any norm based upon common sense and experience, this rule should not be treated as an absolute and must yield where the factual predicates for its application are weak or lacking.” | 95 |
| 2 | Broekelschen v. Secretary of Health & Human Services | green | “the special master's decision often times is based on the credibility of the experts and the relative persuasiveness of their competing theories.” | 85 |
| 3 | Stone v. Secretary of Health and Human Services | green | “vidence of other possible sources of injury can be relevant not only to the 'factors unrelated' defense, but also to whether a prima facie showing has been made that the vaccine was a substantial factor in causing the injury in question.” | 50 |
| 4 | De Bazan v. Secretary of Health and Human Services | green | “the government, like any defendant, is permitted to offer evidence to demonstrate the inadequacy of the etitioner's evidence on a requisite element of the etitioner's case-in-chief.” | 46 |
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