6 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 20 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 Florida v. Powell.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida v. Powell Anchor | green | “the right to talk to a lawyer before answering any of the law enforcement officers' questions,” | 5 |
| 2 | Ruiz v. Quarterman | green | “the boilerplate dismissal by the cca of an application for abuse of the writ is itself uncertain on this point, being unclear whether the cca decision was based on the first element, a state-law question, or on the second element, a question of federal constitutional law.” | 3 |
| 3 | Felix Rocha v. Rick Thaler, Director | green | “a boilerplate dismissal might be ambiguous on this point, but finding clarity in ambiguity is the bread-and-butter work of a federal court of appeals.” | 3 |
| 4 | Ex Parte Staley | green | “contain sufficient specific facts establishing that” | 3 |
| 5 | Balentine v. Thaler | green | “an unexplained denial of a subsequent application may have been based on a federal merits ground,” | 3 |
| 6 | Balentine v. Thaler | green | “whether various forms of references to state law by state courts constitute adequate and independent state grounds.” | 3 |
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.