4 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 896 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 Harrington v. Richter.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harrington v. Richter Anchor | green | “a state court's determination that a claim lacks merit precludes federal habeas relief so long as 'fairminded jurists could disagree' on the correctness of the state court's decision.” | 456 |
| 2 | Cullen v. Pinholster | green | “limited to the record that was before the state court.” | 284 |
| 3 | Renico v. Lett | green | “aedpa thus imposes a 'highly deferential standard for evaluating state-court rulings,' and 'demands that state-court decisions be given the benefit of the doubt.” | 88 |
| 4 | Renico v. Lett | green | “aedpa thus imposes a highly deferential standard for evaluating state-court rulings and demands that state-court decisions be given the benefit of the doubt.” | 68 |
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.