6 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 22 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 United States v. Gordon R. Tatum, Jr..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States v. Gordon R. Tatum, Jr. Anchor | green | “an actual conflict of interest resulting in an adverse effect on counsel's performance, are often intertwined, making the factual analyses of them overlap.” | 4 |
| 2 | Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina v. State of S.C. | green | “overruling by implication is not favored.” | 4 |
| 3 | Larry Darnell Williams v. James B. French, Warden, Central Prison, Raleigh, North Carolina Michael F. Easley, Attorney General of North Carolina | green | “mixed questions of law and fact that we review de novo.” | 4 |
| 4 | Mickens v. Greene | green | “the fortuitous circumstances by which federal habeas counsel discovered the truth about saunders' conflict prove beyond question that mickens did not fail in his duty to inquire in the state court proceedings.” | 4 |
| 5 | Mickens v. Commonwealth | green | “the jury was entitled to be informed of mickens' parole ineligibility.” | 3 |
| 6 | Mickens v. Greene | green | “the factual predicate for the conflicts claim was not available to mickens in state court nor was it discoverable through the exercise of diligent investigation.” | 3 |
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