Topic: has some merit and is debatable among jurists of reason. · Go Syfert
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2 canonical passages across 2 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 Abu-Ali Abdur'Rahman v. Wayne Carpenter.

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1 Abu-Ali Abdur'Rahman v. Wayne Carpenter Anchor
ca6 · 2015
green “has some merit and is debatable among jurists of reason.” 15
2 Elgene Porter v. Kevin Genovese
ca6 · 2017
green “a claim is insubstantial when 'it does not have any merit,' 'is wholly without factual support,' or when 'the attorney in the initial-review collateral proceeding did not perform below constitutional standards.” 7

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