7 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 41 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 Grice v. McVeigh.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grice v. McVeigh Anchor | green | “handcuffing is ordinarily not incident to a terry stop, and tends to show that a stop has ripened into an arrest.” | 9 |
| 2 | United States v. Botti | green | “it is a settled appellate rule that issues adverted to in a perfunctory manner, unaccompanied by some effort at developed argumentation, are deemed waived.” | 8 |
| 3 | United States v. Botti | green | “issues adverted to in a perfunctory manner, unaccompanied by some effort at developed argumentation, are deemed waived.” | 6 |
| 4 | United States v. Bailey | green | “the government may be able to point to circumstances supporting a reasonable basis to think that even an unarmed person poses a present physical threat or flight risk warranting handcuffing.” | 5 |
| 5 | United States v. Compton | green | “as long as the officer has reasonable suspicion that the person to be detained is committing or has committed a criminal offense.” | 5 |
| 6 | United States v. Bailey | green | “balancing the particular need to search or seize against the privacy interests invaded by such action.” | 4 |
| 7 | United States v. Alexander | green | “whether the admitted or established facts satisfy the relevant statutory or constitutional standard.” | 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.