8 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 48 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 Food & Drug Administration v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Food & Drug Administration v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. Anchor | green | “e are confident that congress could not have intended to delegate a decision of such economic and political significance to an agency in so cryptic a fashion.” | 12 |
| 2 | United States v. Bass | green | “nless congress conveys its purpose clearly, it will not be deemed to have significantly changed the federal-state balance.” | 10 |
| 3 | General Dynamics Land Systems, Inc. v. Cline | green | “even for an agency able to claim all the authority possible under chevron, deference to its statutory interpretation is called for only when the devices of judicial construction have been tried and found to yield no clear sense of congressional intent.” | 8 |
| 4 | United States v. Bass | green | “ujnless congress conveys its purpose clearly, it will not be deemed to have significantly changed the federal-state balance.” | 5 |
| 5 | Hess v. Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation | green | “egulation of land use a function traditionally performed by local governments.” | 4 |
| 6 | General Dynamics Land Systems, Inc. v. Cline | green | “eference to statutory interpretation is called for only when the devices of judicial construction have been tried and found to yield no clear sense of congressional intent.” | 4 |
| 7 | Kane v. City of Beaverton | green | “here are a number of rational and legitimate reasons for disparate treatment of 'island' territories . . . .” | 3 |
| 8 | Hess v. Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation | green | “a function traditionally performed by local governments.” | 2 |
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.