Topic: to whether the state court's application of law was objecti… · Go Syfert
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3 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 37 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 William Barnes v. Carlton Joyner.

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1 William Barnes v. Carlton Joyner Anchor
ca4 · 2014
green “to whether the state court's application of law was objectively unreasonable and not simply whether the state court applied the law incorrectly.” 19
2 John Merzbacher v. Bobby Shearin
ca4 · 2013
green “incorrect by clear and convincing evidence, and that the corresponding factual determination was objectively unreasonable in light of the record before the court.” 10
3 Charles Williams v. Bryan Stirling
ca4 · 2019
green “the determination must be more than merely incorrect or erroneous.” 8

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