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5 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 46 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 Bantam Books, Inc. v. Sullivan.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bantam Books, Inc. v. Sullivan Anchor | green | “the threat of invoking legal sanctions and other means of coercion, persuasion, and intimidation” | 18 |
| 2 | Bantam Books, Inc. v. Sullivan | green | “people do not lightly disregard public officers' thinly veiled threats to institute criminal proceedings against them if they do not come around.” | 17 |
| 3 | National Rifle Association of America v. Maria T. Vullo | red | “were written in an even- handed, nonthreatening tone and employed words intended to persuade rather than intimidate.” | 4 |
| 4 | National Rifle Association of America v. Maria T. Vullo | red | “was merely carrying out her regulatory responsibilities.” | 4 |
| 5 | Robert Kennedy, Jr. v. Elizabeth Warren | green | “to help distinguish permissible persuasion from impermissible coercion, we turn to the second (and ninth) circuit's four-factor test” | 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.