7 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 90 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 James Yates Rust, Jr., A/K/A James Yeats Rust, Jr. v. Rex A. Zent, Warden.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Yates Rust, Jr., A/K/A James Yeats Rust, Jr. v. Rex A. Zent, Warden Anchor | green | “presents an extraordinary case whereby a constitutional violation resulted in the conviction of one who is actually innocent.” | 24 |
| 2 | Richard Harrison Cremeans v. Walt Chapleau, Warden, and Commonwealth of Kentucky | green | “we give complete deference to state court findings unless they are clearly erroneous” | 23 |
| 3 | Garcia H. Simpson v. Emitt L. Sparkman | green | “when a state court judgment appears to have rested primarily on federal law or was interwoven with federal law, a state procedural rule is an independent and adequate state ground only if the state court rendering judgment in the case clearly and expressly stated that its judgme…” | 16 |
| 4 | Harold McQueen Jr. v. Gene Scroggy, Warden | green | “have undermined the reliability of and confidence in the result.” | 12 |
| 5 | Richard Harrison Cremeans v. Walt Chapleau, Warden, and Commonwealth of Kentucky | green | “in a proceeding instituted by an application for a writ of habeas corpus by a person in custody pursuant to the judgment of a state court, a determination of a factual issue made by a state court shall be presumed to be correct.” | 10 |
| 6 | Garcia H. Simpson v. Emitt L. Sparkman | green | “clearly and expressly stated that its judgment rested on a procedural bar.” | 3 |
| 7 | Garcia H. Simpson v. Emitt L. Sparkman | green | “only if the state court rendering judgment in the case clearly and expressly stated that its judgment rested on a procedural bar.” | 2 |
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.