5 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 82 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 Herrera v. Collins.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Herrera v. Collins Anchor | green | “claims of actual innocence based on newly discovered evidence have never been held to state a ground for federal habeas relief absent an independent constitutional violation occurring in the underlying state criminal proceeding.” | 36 |
| 2 | Sumner v. Mata | green | “a court need not elaborate or give reasons for rejecting claims which it regards as frivolous or totally without merit” | 32 |
| 3 | Herrera v. Collins | green | “laims of actual innocence based on newly discovered evidence have never been held to state a ground for federal habeas relief absent an independent constitutional violation occurring in the underlying state criminal proceeding.” | 8 |
| 4 | Farrar v. Raemisch | green | “ctual innocence does not constitute a freestanding basis for habeas relief.” | 3 |
| 5 | Farrar v. Raemisch | green | “we have thus held that actual innocence does not constitute a freestanding basis for habeas relief.” | 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.