10 canonical passages across 9 cases, quoted by 160 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 Baston v. Bagley.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baston v. Bagley Anchor | green | “issues not presented at each and every level cannot be considered in a federal habeas corpus petition.” | 30 |
| 2 | Donald Williams, Petitioner-Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Carl S. Anderson, Respondent-Appellant/cross-Appellee | green | “if, due to the petitioner's failure to comply with the procedural rule, the state court declines to reach the merits of the issue, and the state procedural rule is an independent and adequate grounds for precluding relief, the claim is procedurally defaulted.” | 29 |
| 3 | White v. Woodall | green | “section 2254(d)(1) provides a remedy for instances in which a state court unreasonably applies this court's precedent; it does not require state courts to extend that precedent or license federal courts to treat the failure to do so as error.” | 29 |
| 4 | Picard v. Connor | green | “federal courts do not have jurisdiction to consider a claim in a habeas petition that was not 'fairly presented' to the state courts” | 17 |
| 5 | Anderson v. Harless | green | “federal courts do not have jurisdiction to consider a claim in a habeas petition that was not 'fairly presented' to the state courts” | 17 |
| 6 | Elem Ray Fulcher v. John Motley, Warden | green | “federal courts do not have jurisdiction to consider a claim in a habeas petition that was not 'fairly presented' to the state courts” | 17 |
| 7 | Gary Woolbright v. Cookie Crews | green | “when a petitioner has failed to fairly present ... claims to the state courts and no state remedy remains, claims are considered to be procedurally defaulted.” | 8 |
| 8 | Darryl M. Durr v. Betty Mitchell, Warden | green | “circumstantial evidence is entitled to equal weight as direct evidence” | 5 |
| 9 | Robert A. Buell v. Betty Mitchell, Warden | green | “ohio courts have consistently held that claims that can be adjudicated based on facts in the record can only be presented on direct appeal” | 4 |
| 10 | Donald Williams, Petitioner-Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Carl S. Anderson, Respondent-Appellant/cross-Appellee | green | “where state court remedies are no longer available to a petitioner because he or she failed to use them within the required time period, procedural default and not exhaustion bars federal court review.” | 4 |
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.