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5 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 752 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.

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1 Harrington v. Richter Anchor
scotus · 2011
green “the likelihood of a different result must be substantial, not just conceivable.” 461
2 Schriro v. Landrigan
scotus · 2007
green “the question under aedpa is not whether a federal court believes the state court's determination was incorrect but whether that determination was unreasonable-a substantially higher threshold.” 194
3 Bobby v. Dixon
scotus · 2011
green “was so lacking in justification that there was an error well understood and comprehended in existing law beyond any possibility for fairminded disagreement.” 89
4 Bobby v. Dixon
scotus · 2011
green “a state prisoner seeking a writ of habeas corpus from a federal court 'must show that the state court's ruling on the claim being presented in federal court was so lacking in justification that there was an error well understood and comprehended in existing law beyond any possib…” 4
5 Bobby v. Dixon
scotus · 2011
green “must show that the state court's ruling on the claim being presented in federal court was so lacking in justification that there was an error well understood and comprehended in existing law beyond any possibility for fairminded disagreement.” 4

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