7 canonical passages across 7 cases, quoted by 26 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 Owen v. Secretary for the Department of Corrections.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Owen v. Secretary for the Department of Corrections Anchor | green | “clearly established federal law' means the holdings, not the dicta, of the united states supreme court.” | 5 |
| 2 | Ford v. Wainwright | green | “in no other circumstance of which we are aware is the vindication of a constitutional right entrusted to the unreviewable discretion of an administrative tribunal.” | 5 |
| 3 | Darick Demorris Walker v. William Page True, Warden, Sussex I State Prison, the Arc of Virginia, Amicus Supporting | green | “while walker's claim ultimately derives from his rights under the eighth amendment, whether he is mentally retarded is governed by virginia law.” | 4 |
| 4 | Holladay v. Allen | green | “he court left to the states the development of standards for determining when an offender is mentally retarded.” | 3 |
| 5 | King v. State | green | “jury should not be informed that a finding of mental retardation bars the imposition of the death penalty.” | 3 |
| 6 | Heidler v. State | green | “n the guilt-innocence phase, the trial court should not inform the jury that the defendant will not receive a death sentence if he is found guilty but mentally retarded.” | 3 |
| 7 | Stripling v. State | green | “we have previously addressed this very issue, and we now reiterate our prior holding that georgia's beyond a reasonable doubt standard is not unconstitutional.” | 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.