4 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 42 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. Friedman.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States v. Friedman Anchor | green | “arbitrary, capricious, whimsical, or manifestly unreasonable.” | 17 |
| 2 | United States v. Friedman | green | “a district court abuses its discretion when it renders a judgment that is arbitrary, capricious, whimsical, or manifestly unreasonable.” | 15 |
| 3 | United States v. Sutton | green | “if the district court correctly calculates the guidelines range based upon the facts and imposes a sentence within that range, the sentence is entitled to a presumption of reasonableness.” | 7 |
| 4 | United States v. Cookson | green | “not only to a district court's factual findings but also to its determinations of the weight to be afforded to such findings.” | 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.