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 Douglas Oil Co. of Cal. v. Petrol Stops Northwest.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Douglas Oil Co. of Cal. v. Petrol Stops Northwest Anchor | green | “since the 17th century, grand jury proceedings have been closed to the public, and records of such proceedings have been kept from the public eye.” | 10 |
| 2 | Landmark Communications, Inc. v. Virginia | green | “deference to a legislative finding cannot limit judicial inquiry when first amendment rights are at stake.” | 7 |
| 3 | Riley v. National Federation of Blind of North Carolina, Inc. | green | “the first amendment mandates that we presume that speakers, not the government, know best both what they want to say and how to say it.” | 6 |
| 4 | Trammel v. United States | green | “in rejecting the proposed rules and enacting rule 501, congress manifested an affirmative intention not to freeze the law of privilege.” | 4 |
| 5 | Cohen v. California | green | “the constitutional right of free expression is ... designed and intended to remove governmental restraints from the arena of public discussion, putting the decision as to what views shall be voiced largely into the hands of each of us.” | 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.