6 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 50 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. Harris.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States v. Harris Anchor | green | “highly deferential to the verdict.” | 14 |
| 2 | United States v. Williams | green | “limited to whether the jury's verdict was reasonable, not whether we believe it to be correct.” | 12 |
| 3 | United States v. Harris | green | “whether the evidence, when reviewed in the light most favorable to the government with all reasonable inferences and credibility choices made in support of a conviction, allows a rational fact finder to find every element of the offense beyond a reasonable doubt.” | 10 |
| 4 | United States v. Asibor | green | “the evidence is viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, accepting all credibility choices and reasonable inferences made by the trier of fact which tend to support the verdict.” | 6 |
| 5 | United States v. Gulley | green | “highly deferential to the verdict.” | 5 |
| 6 | United States v. Brenda Lee Pigrum and Clarence Allen | green | “a jury is free to choose among reasonable constructions of the evidence.” | 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.