5 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 30 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 Skyline Corporation v. National Labor Relations Board.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Skyline Corporation v. National Labor Relations Board Anchor | green | “statements by counsel in briefs are not evidence.” | 11 |
| 2 | Kulhawik v. Holder | green | “an attorney's unsworn statements in a brief are not evidence.” | 10 |
| 3 | United States v. Aguilar-Tamayo | green | “we do not suggest that it is necessary for the government to take all of the steps referenced in allie to establish that it acted reasonably to secure a witness' presence.” | 3 |
| 4 | United States v. Jones | green | “the unsworn assertions of the government's attorney do not provide a sufficiently reliable basis for a defendant's sentence.” | 3 |
| 5 | United States v. Tirado-Tirado | green | “eporting a witness may still be consistent with 'good faith' and 'reasonable' efforts to procure the witnesses' availability at trial.” | 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.