5 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 54 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 Pennsylvania Bureau of Correction v. United States Marshals Service.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pennsylvania Bureau of Correction v. United States Marshals Service Anchor | green | “where a statute specifically addresses the particular issue at hand, it is that authority, and not the all writs act, that is controlling.” | 29 |
| 2 | Pennsylvania Bureau of Correction v. United States Marshals Service | green | “the all writs act is a residual source of authority to issue writs that are not otherwise covered by statute.” | 13 |
| 3 | United States v. Miguel Adolf Valdez-Pacheco | green | “prisoner may not circumvent valid congressional limitations on collateral attacks by asserting that those very limitations create a gap in the post-conviction remedies that must be filled by the common law writs.” | 6 |
| 4 | Baker Perkins, Inc., Appellant-Petitioner v. Werner & Pfleiderer Corporation, Appellee-Respondent | green | “is not an independent basis of jurisdiction, . . . the petitioner must initially show that the action sought to be corrected by mandamus is within the court's statutorily defined subject matter jurisdiction.” | 3 |
| 5 | R. Edward Bates, Claimant-Appellant v. R. James Nicholson, Secretary of Veterans Affairs | green | “arises 'under a law that affects the provision of benefits.” | 3 |
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