4 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 14 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 Charles Brown v. Robert Shannon the District Attorney of the County of Philadelphia the Attorney General of the State of Pennsylvania.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charles Brown v. Robert Shannon the District Attorney of the County of Philadelphia the Attorney General of the State of Pennsylvania Anchor | green | “has in some extraordinary way been prevented from asserting his or her rights.” | 4 |
| 2 | Commonwealth v. Spence | green | “the veniremen who had been removed by the prosecution, the race of all the jurors who served, and the race of jurors acceptable to the commonwealth who had been stricken by the defense.” | 4 |
| 3 | Joseph Rico v. Mary Leftridge-Byrd the District Attorney of the County of Philadelphia the Attorney General of the State of Pennsylvania | green | “a state court decision fails the 'unreasonable application' prong . . . 'if the court identifies the correct governing rule from the supreme court's cases but unreasonably applies it to the facts of the particular case or if the state court either unreasonably extends a legal pr…” | 3 |
| 4 | Commonwealth v. McKendrick | green | “where the victim, the perpetrator and witnesses are black, a prima facie case of racial discrimination is not present under batson . . . .” | 3 |
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