7 canonical passages across 7 cases, quoted by 262 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 Federal Deposit Insurance v. Meyer.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Federal Deposit Insurance v. Meyer Anchor | green | “absent a waiver, sovereign immunity shields the federal government and its agencies from suit.” | 154 |
| 2 | Treasurer of New Jersey v. United States Department of the Treasury | green | “without a waiver of sovereign immunity, a court is without subject matter jurisdiction over claims against federal agencies or officials in their official capacities.” | 22 |
| 3 | Roger Vanderklok v. United States | green | “ctions brought directly under the constitution against federal officials have become known as 'bivens actions.” | 21 |
| 4 | Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics | green | “ctions brought directly under the constitution against federal officials have become known as 'bivens actions.” | 19 |
| 5 | Atamian v. Burns | green | “he provisions of 1915(e) apply to all in forma pauperis complaints, not simply those filed by prisoners.” | 16 |
| 6 | Ford v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority | green | “we have previously found that septa is a state actor.” | 15 |
| 7 | Hernandez v. Mesa | green | “xpansion of bivens is a disfavored judicial activity," "it is doubtful" that bivens' outcome would be the same if decided today, and "for almost 40 years, ha consistently rebuffed requests to add to the claims allowed under bivens.” | 15 |
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.