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7 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 86 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 Martinez v. Caldwell.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martinez v. Caldwell Anchor | green | “unreasonable determination of the facts in light of the evidence presented in the state court proceeding.” | 21 |
| 2 | Tommy Ray Jackson v. Gary L. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division | green | “when faced with a silent or ambiguous state habeas decision, the federal court should 'look through' to the last clear state decision on the matter.” | 19 |
| 3 | Brumfield v. Cain | green | “may not characterize these state-court factual determinations as unreasonable 'merely because it would have reached a different conclusion in the first instance.” | 13 |
| 4 | Murphy v. Davis | green | “unarticulated findings which are necessary to the state court's conclusion of mixed law and fact.” | 13 |
| 5 | Gray v. Epps | green | “a state court's decision is deemed contrary to clearly established federal law if it reaches a legal conclusion in direct conflict with a prior decision of the supreme court or if it reaches a different conclusion than the supreme court based on materially indistinguishable fact…” | 8 |
| 6 | Gray v. Epps | green | “if it reaches a legal conclusion in direct conflict with a prior decision of the supreme court or if it reaches a different conclusion than the supreme court based on materially indistinguishable facts.” | 8 |
| 7 | Tommy Ray Jackson v. Gary L. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division | green | “look through' to the last clear state decision on the matter.” | 4 |
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.