5 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 45 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 Blockburger v. United States.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blockburger v. United States Anchor | green | “here the same act or transaction constitutes a violation of two distinct statutory provisions, the test to be applied to determine whether there are two offenses or only one, is whether each provision requires proof of a fact which the other does not.” | 18 |
| 2 | Blockburger v. United States | green | “the applicable rule is that, where the same act or transaction constitutes a violation of two distinct statutory provisions, the test to be applied to determine whether there are two offenses or only one, is whether each provision requires proof of a fact which the other does no…” | 12 |
| 3 | Blockburger v. United States | green | “he test to be applied to determine whether there are two offenses or only one, is whether each provision requires proof of a fact which the other does not.” | 8 |
| 4 | Maryland v. MacOn | green | “the first amendment imposes special constraints on searches for and seizures of presumptively protected material and requires that the fourth amendment be applied with 'scrupulous exactitude' in such circumstances.” | 4 |
| 5 | Spence v. Washington | green | “we have no doubt that the state or national governments constitutionally may forbid anyone from mishandling in any manner a flag that is public property.” | 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.