3 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 61 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 Vega v. Walsh.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vega v. Walsh Anchor | green | “a federal court may reverse a state court ruling only where it was 'so lacking in justification that there was . . . no possibility for fairminded disagreement.” | 36 |
| 2 | Downs v. Lape | green | “is a firmly established and regularly followed new york procedural rule.” | 19 |
| 3 | Downs v. Lape | green | “we have held repeatedly that the contemporaneous objection rule is a firmly established and regularly followed new york procedural rule.” | 6 |
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.