5 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 458 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 Rose v. Lee.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rose v. Lee Anchor | green | “(1) 'that jurists of reason would find it debatable whether the petition states a valid claim of the denial of a constitutional right' and (2) 'that jurists of reason would find it debatable whether the district court was correct in its procedural ruling.” | 395 |
| 2 | Percy Stanley Harris v. Ronald Hutchinson, Warden, Maryland House of Corrections J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General of the State of Maryland | green | “any resort to equity must be reserved for those rare instances where . . . it would be unconscionable to enforce the limitation period against the party and gross injustice would result.” | 28 |
| 3 | Percy Stanley Harris v. Ronald Hutchinson, Warden, Maryland House of Corrections J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General of the State of Maryland | green | “reserved for those rare instances where-due to circumstances external to the party's own conduct-it would be unconscionable to enforce the limitation period against the party and gross injustice would result.” | 21 |
| 4 | Deangelo Whiteside v. United States | green | “in those 'rare instances where-due to circumstances external to the party's own conduct-it would be unconscionable to enforce the limitation against the party and gross injustice would result.” | 10 |
| 5 | William Mitchell v. Kathleen Green | green | “the one-year limitation period is also subject to equitable tolling in 'those rare instances where-due to circumstances external to the party's own conduct-it would be unconscionable to enforce the limitation against the party.” | 4 |
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