3 canonical passages across 3 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 United States v. Lujan.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States v. Lujan Anchor | green | “he vicious, brutal nature of a defendant's conduct is not itself sufficient to justify a complete exclusion of evidence tending to show the defendant engaged in those acts.” | 10 |
| 2 | United States v. Lighty | green | “defendant must show that he was prejudiced by the denial of a severance motion in order to establish that the district court abused its broad discretion in that regard.” | 10 |
| 3 | United States v. Blair | green | “in determining whether two offenses are connected with or constitute parts of a common scheme or plan for purposes of rule 8(a), we have read the rule 'flexibly' to require simply a 'logical relationship' between offenses charged in the indictment.” | 10 |
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.