4 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 128 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 Gibson v. Berryhill.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gibson v. Berryhill Anchor | green | “younger exemplifies one class of cases in which federal-court abstention is required: when there is a parallel, pending state criminal proceeding, federal courts must refrain from enjoining the state prosecution.” | 38 |
| 2 | Sprint Commc'ns, Inc. v. Jacobs | green | “younger exemplifies one class of cases in which federal-court abstention is required: when there is a parallel, pending state criminal proceeding, federal courts must refrain from enjoining the state prosecution.” | 35 |
| 3 | United States of America Ex Rel. Agnes Scranton v. The State of New York | green | “while section 2241 does not by its own terms require the exhaustion of state remedies as a prerequisite to the grant of federal habeas relief, decisional law has superimposed such a requirement in order to accommodate principles of federalism.” | 30 |
| 4 | Sprint Communications, Inc. v. Jacobs | green | “younger exemplifies one class of cases in which federal-court abstention is required: when there is a parallel, pending state criminal proceeding, federal courts must refrain from enjoining the state prosecution.” | 25 |
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.