6 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 32 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. Calandra.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States v. Calandra Anchor | green | “under this rule, evidence obtained in violation of the fourth amendment cannot be used in a criminal proceeding against the victim of the illegal search and seizure.” | 10 |
| 2 | Wong Sun v. United States | green | “the exclusionary prohibition extends as well to the indirect as the direct products of such invasions.” | 5 |
| 3 | Sanchez-Llamas v. Oregon | green | “he exclusionary rule has been used primarily to deter certain fourth and fifth amendment violations, including, e.g., unconstitutional searches and seizures, and confessions exacted in violation of the right against compelled self-incrimination or due process.” | 5 |
| 4 | Kolender v. Lawson | green | “the price of effectiveness, however, is intrusion on individual interests protected by the fourth amendment.” | 4 |
| 5 | Kyllo v. United States | green | “at the very core' of the fourth amendment 'stands the right of a man to retreat into his own home and there be free from unreasonable governmental intrusion.” | 4 |
| 6 | United States v. Victor Manuel Torres-Castro | green | “he government may avoid suppression by demonstrating that the evidence would have been inevitably discovered, that it was discovered by independent means, or that it was so attenuated from the illegality as to dissipate any taint from the fourth amendment violation.” | 4 |
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.