4 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 43 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 John Cottrell v. Michael Duke.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Cottrell v. Michael Duke Anchor | green | “the power to stay proceedings is incidental to the power inherent in every court to control the disposition of the causes on its docket with economy of time and effort for itself, for counsel, and for litigants.” | 33 |
| 2 | Sierra Club v. United States Army Corps of Engineers Federal Emergency Management Agency | green | “a district court has broad discretion to stay proceedings when doing so is appropriate to control its docket.” | 4 |
| 3 | Armstrong v. Mille Lacs County Sheriffs Dept. | green | “as a federal district court, we have the inherent power to stay the proceedings of an action, so as to control our docket, to conserve judicial resources, and to provide for the just determination of the cases which pend before us.” | 4 |
| 4 | KREDITVEREIN DER BANK AUSTRIA CREDITANSTALT FUR NIEDERÖSTERREICH UND BERGENLAND BANK AUSTRIA CREDITANSTALT AG v. CHRISTA NEJEZCHLEBA | green | “bears the burden of establishing its need.” | 2 |
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.