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8 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 39 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 Patrick Esch v. Clayton K. Yeutter, Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrick Esch v. Clayton K. Yeutter, Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture Anchor | green | “exerts its maximum force when the substantive soundness of the agency's decision is under scrutiny.” | 8 |
| 2 | Cape Hatteras Access Preservation Alliance v. United States Department of the Interior | green | “a court that orders an administrative agency to supplement the record of its decision is a rare bird.” | 8 |
| 3 | American Wildlands v. Kempthorne | green | “can demonstrate unusual circumstances justifying departure from the general rule.” | 5 |
| 4 | Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership v. Salazar | green | “the apa limits judicial review to the administrative record 'except when there has been a strong showing of bad faith or improper behavior or when the record is so bare that it prevents effective judicial review.” | 4 |
| 5 | Hill Dermaceuticals, Inc. v. Food & Drug Administration | green | “black-letter administrative law that in an apa case, a reviewing court 'should have before it neither more nor less information than did the agency when it made its decision.” | 4 |
| 6 | Hill Dermaceuticals, Inc. v. Food & Drug Administration | green | “it is black-letter administrative law that in an apa case, a reviewing court should have before it neither more nor less information than did the agency when it made its decision.” | 4 |
| 7 | Patrick Esch v. Clayton K. Yeutter, Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture | green | “it may sometimes be appropriate to resort to extra-record information to enable judicial review to become effective.” | 3 |
| 8 | Hill Dermaceuticals, Inc. v. Food & Drug Administration | green | “black-letter administrative law” | 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.