7 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 81 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 McCarthy v. Madigan.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McCarthy v. Madigan Anchor | red | “serves the twin purposes of protecting administrative agency authority and promoting judicial efficiency.” | 39 |
| 2 | McClung v. Shearin | green | “federal prisoners must exhaust their administrative remedies prior to filing 2241 petitions.” | 24 |
| 3 | Timms v. Johns | green | “prudential concerns, such as comity and the orderly administration of criminal justice, may require a federal court to forgo the exercise of its habeas corpus power.” | 5 |
| 4 | Jaworski v. Gutierrez | green | “the exhaustion requirement in habeas corpus actions arising under 2241 . . . has no statutory mandate, but rather is judicially imposed.” | 4 |
| 5 | McClung v. Shearin | green | “failure to exhaust may only be excused upon a showing of cause and prejudice.” | 3 |
| 6 | Moore v. United States | green | “important considerations of federal court efficiency and administration.” | 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.