7 canonical passages across 7 cases, quoted by 31 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 Isi International, Inc. v. Borden Ladner Gervais Llp, Successor to Scott & Aylen.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Isi International, Inc. v. Borden Ladner Gervais Llp, Successor to Scott & Aylen Anchor | green | “ederal courts are supposed to do what they can to avoid making constitutional decisions, and strive doubly to avoid making unnecessary constitutional decisions.” | 7 |
| 2 | United States v. Dena Anne Requarth | green | “to preserve an objection to the district court's failure to give a proposed jury instruction, a party must do more than simply submit the proposed instruction for the court's consideration.” | 4 |
| 3 | United States v. Kojo Sababu, Jaime Delgado, and Dora Garcia | green | “conspiracy conviction will be held as long as the evidence shows that the defendants agreed to commit at least one of the alleged objectives of the conspiracy.” | 4 |
| 4 | United States v. Nick Stavroulakis | green | “where ... the indictment charges a conspiracy under the 'offense' clause of , the conspirators must have agreed to commit the same offense.” | 4 |
| 5 | United States v. Clemmons J. Allen | green | “rule 701 places great reliance on a party's ability to cross-examine an opponent's witness and present any weaknesses in the wit- ness's testimony to the trier of fact.” | 4 |
| 6 | United States v. Jamison Krahenbuhl | green | “defendant cannot later complain of an instruction he proposed.” | 4 |
| 7 | United States v. Delon Echols | green | “a party ... can- not preserve one specific objection by making a different spe- cific objection in the trial court.” | 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.