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6 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 45 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 Welch v. United States.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Welch v. United States Anchor | green | “class of persons that the law punishes” | 10 |
| 2 | Aaron M. Deroo v. United States | green | “waivers are contractual agreements between a defendant and the government and should not be easily voided by the courts.” | 9 |
| 3 | Dung Thai Tran v. A.L. Lockhart, Director Arkansas Department of Corrections | green | “once a person has entered a guilty plea, any subsequent presentation of conclusory allegations unsupported by specifics is subject to summary dismissal, as are contentions that in the face of the record are wholly incredible.” | 8 |
| 4 | Vietchau Nguyen v. United States | green | “strong presumption of verity and pose a formidable barrier in any subsequent collateral proceedings.” | 7 |
| 5 | United States v. Garza | green | “counsel is not required to make meritless objections under then-existing precedent, anticipate changes in the law, or raise every potentially meritorious claim.” | 6 |
| 6 | United States v. Paris Hollingshed | green | “lack of a plausible ignorance defense means that any 922(g) defendant who served more than a year in prison on a single count of conviction will face an uphill battle to show that a rehaif error in a guilty plea affected his substantial rights.” | 5 |
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.