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10 canonical passages across 9 cases, quoted by 344 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 Chambers v. Nasco, Inc..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chambers v. Nasco, Inc. Anchor | green | “because of their very potency, inherent powers must be exercised with restraint and discretion.” | 170 |
| 2 | Chambers v. Nasco, Inc. | green | “acted in bad faith, vexatiously, wantonly, or for oppressive reasons.” | 101 |
| 3 | Roadway Express, Inc. v. Piper | green | “because inherent powers are shielded from direct democratic controls, they must be exercised with restraint and discretion.” | 37 |
| 4 | Neal Secrease, Jr. v. Western & Southern Life Insura | green | “courts generally have an interest in both punishing a party's dishonesty and deterring others who might consider similar misconduct.” | 9 |
| 5 | First Bank of Marietta, Plaintiff-Appellant/cross-Appellee v. Hartford Underwriters Insurance Company, Defendant-Appellee/cross-Appellant | green | “imposition of inherent power sanctions requires a finding of bad faith,” | 7 |
| 6 | Nasco, Inc. v. Calcasieu Television and Radio, Inc., and G. Russell Chambers, and Richard A. Curry, Edwin A. McCabe and A.J. Gray, III | green | “is not a broad reservoir of power, ready at an imperial hand, but a limited source; an implied power squeezed from the need to make the court function.” | 6 |
| 7 | Boneck v. City of New Berlin | green | “spoliation that sabotages a strong case supports default judgment.” | 4 |
| 8 | Mitan v. International Fidelity Insurance | green | “history of forum shopping and abusing the legal process” | 4 |
| 9 | In Re Yorkshire, LLC | green | “a federal court, acting under its inherent authority, may impose sanctions against litigants or lawyers appearing before the court so long as the court makes a specific finding that they engaged in bad faith conduct.” | 3 |
| 10 | Cohen v. US DIST. COURT FOR ND OF CAL. | green | “a definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been committed.” | 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.