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7 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 128 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 Baze v. Rees.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baze v. Rees Anchor | green | “feasible, readily implemented, and in fact significantly reduces a substantial risk of severe pain.” | 43 |
| 2 | Baze v. Rees | green | “to prevail on such a claim there must be a 'substantial risk of serious harm,' an 'objectively intolerable risk of harm' that prevents prison officials from pleading that they were 'subjectively blameless for purposes of the eighth amendment.” | 36 |
| 3 | McNair v. Allen | green | “a method of execution claim accrues on the later of the date on which state review is complete, or the date on which the capital litigant becomes subject to a new or substantially changed execution protocol.” | 23 |
| 4 | Glossip v. Gross | green | “known and available alternative method of execution” | 14 |
| 5 | Walker v. Epps | green | “of course, in the event a state changes its execution protocol after a death-row inmate's conviction has become final, the limitations period will necessarily accrue on the date that protocol becomes effective.” | 5 |
| 6 | DeYoung v. Owens | green | “a stay of execution is equitable relief which this court may grant only if the moving party shows that: (1) he has a substantial likelihood of success on the merits; (2) he will suffer irreparable injury unless the injunction issues; (3) the stay would not substantially harm the…” | 4 |
| 7 | Cooey v. Strickland | green | “at a minimum, the new protocol 'likely' moots the old challenge, and that is enough to create a likelihood-of-success problem for biros when it comes to premising a request for a stay on orders related to a different protocol.” | 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.