5 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 108 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 United States of America Ex Rel. Agnes Scranton v. The State of New York.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States of America Ex Rel. Agnes Scranton v. The State of New York Anchor | green | “while 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.” | 52 |
| 2 | 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.” | 24 |
| 3 | 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.” | 20 |
| 4 | Sprint Commc'ns, Inc. v. Jacobs | green | “when there is a parallel, pending state criminal proceeding, federal courts must refrain from enjoining the state prosecution.” | 9 |
| 5 | Hoffler v. Bezio | green | “respondents to do not dispute that hoffler is in 'custody' for purposes of 2241, and hoffler does not contend that his 2241 claim is anything but a challenge to 'detention' for purposes of 2253(c)(1)(a).” | 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.