Topic: only the holdings, as opposed to the dicta · Go Syfert
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3 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 34 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 Fan v. Nag.

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1 Fan v. Nag Anchor
scotus · 2005
green “only the holdings, as opposed to the dicta” 14
2 Fan v. Nag
scotus · 2005
green “when reviewing state criminal convictions on collateral review, federal judges are required to afford state courts due respect by overturning their decisions only when there could be no reasonable dispute that they were wrong.” 13
3 United States v. William Harris
ca3 · 2006
green “is not to be lightly overturned on the basis of a prosecutor's comments standing alone, for the statements or conduct must be viewed in context; only by so doing can it be determined whether the prosecutor's conduct affected the fairness of the trial.” 7

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