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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 21 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 Montana v. Egelhoff.

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1 Montana v. Egelhoff Anchor
scotus · 1996
green “offend some principle of justice so rooted in the traditions and conscience of our people as to be ranked as fundamental.” 13
2 Joseph Cooper v. Dewey Sowders, Warden, Northpoint Training Center
ca6 · 1988
green “errors in the application of state law, especially rulings regarding the admission or exclusion of evidence, are usually not to be questioned in a federal habeas corpus proceeding.” 8

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