7 canonical passages across 6 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. Johnny Edgell.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States v. Johnny Edgell Anchor | green | “plea agreements are grounded in contract law, and as with any contract, each party is entitled to receive the benefit of his bargain.” | 20 |
| 2 | United States v. William Soloff | green | “we have consistently held that appellate waivers in valid plea agreements are enforceable.” | 12 |
| 3 | United States v. Emilio Moran | green | “a 'narrow class of claims that we have allowed a defendant to raise on direct appeal despite a general waiver of appellate rights.” | 7 |
| 4 | United States v. Randall Cornette | green | “an appeal waiver does not preclude a defendant from challenging a sentence 'based on a constitutionally impermissible factor' or 'a sentence imposed in excess of the maximum penalty provided by statute.” | 6 |
| 5 | United States v. Donzell McKinney | green | “to establish such a miscarriage of justice, a defendant need only make 'a cognizable claim of actual innocence.” | 4 |
| 6 | United States v. Johnny Edgell | green | “must show that the government plainly breached its plea agreement with him and that the breach both affected his substantial rights and called into question the fairness, integrity, or public reputation of judicial proceedings.” | 3 |
| 7 | United States v. Glenda Taylor-Sanders | green | “in such circumstances, we have explained, 'the errors allegedly committed by the district courts were errors that the defendants could not have reasonably contemplated when the plea agreements were executed.” | 3 |
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