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4 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 313 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 Zadvydas v. Davis.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zadvydas v. Davis Anchor | green | “freedom from imprisonment-from government custody, detention, or other forms of physical restraint-lies at the heart of the very liberty that the due process clause protects.” | 125 |
| 2 | Hamdi v. Rumsfeld | green | “most elemental of liberty interests” | 111 |
| 3 | Roberts v. Sea-Land Services, Inc. | green | “the words of a statute must be read in their context and with a view to their place in the overall statutory scheme.” | 68 |
| 4 | Roberts v. Sea-Land Services, Inc. | green | “it is a fundamental canon of statutory construction that the words of a statute must be read in their context and with a view to their place in the overall statutory scheme.” | 9 |
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.