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6 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 55 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 United States v. Nordic Village, Inc..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States v. Nordic Village, Inc. Anchor | red | “waivers of the government's sovereign immunity, to be effective, must be unequivocally expressed.” | 21 |
| 2 | Richards v. United States | green | “was designed primarily to remove the sovereign immunity of the united states from suits in tort and, with certain specific exceptions, to render the government liable in tort as a private individual would be under like circumstances.” | 13 |
| 3 | United States Postal Service v. Flamingo Industries (USA) Ltd. | green | “an absence of immunity does not result in liability if the substantive law in question is not intended to reach the federal entity.” | 9 |
| 4 | Richards v. United States | green | “the tort claims act was designed primarily to remove the sovereign immunity of the united states from suits in tort and, with certain specific exceptions, to render the government liable in tort as a private individual would be under like circumstances.” | 6 |
| 5 | Gibson v. Chouteau | green | “congress has the absolute right to prescribe” | 3 |
| 6 | United States v. Brown | green | “the effect of the tort claims act is to waive immunity from recognized causes of action.” | 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.