8 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 279 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 Bradshaw v. Richey.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bradshaw v. Richey Anchor | green | “we have repeatedly held that a state court's interpretation of state law, including one announced on direct appeal of the challenged conviction, binds a federal court sitting in habeas corpus.” | 114 |
| 2 | Lambrix v. Singletary | green | “judicial economy might counsel giving the question priority, for example, if it were easily resolvable against the habeas petitioner, whereas the procedural-bar issue involved complicated issues of state law.” | 62 |
| 3 | Mahdi v. Bagley | green | “no prejudice flows from the failure to raise a meritless claim.” | 54 |
| 4 | Maryland v. Blake | green | “we have repeatedly held that a state court's interpretation of state law, including one announced on direct appeal of the challenged conviction, binds a federal court sitting in habeas corpus.” | 17 |
| 5 | Bradshaw v. Richey | green | “state court's interpretation of state law, including one announced on direct appeal of the challenged conviction, binds a federal court sitting in habeas corpus.” | 15 |
| 6 | Bradshaw v. Richey | green | “a state court's interpretation of state law, including one announced on direct appeal of the challenged conviction, binds a federal court sitting in habeas corpus” | 7 |
| 7 | Maryland v. Blake | green | “state court's interpretation of state law, including one announced on direct appeal of the challenged conviction, binds a federal court sitting in habeas corpus.” | 6 |
| 8 | Maryland v. Blake | green | “a state court's interpretation of state law, including one announced on direct appeal of the challenged conviction, binds a federal court sitting in habeas corpus” | 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.