2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 42 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 Heck v. Humphrey.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heck v. Humphrey Anchor | green | “abeas corpus is the exclusive remedy for a state prisoner who challenges the fact or duration of his confinement and seeks immediate or speedier release, even though such a claim may come within the literal terms of 1983.” | 26 |
| 2 | Younger v. Harris | green | “certain types of injury, in particular, the cost, anxiety, and inconvenience of having to defend against a single criminal prosecution, could not by themselves be considered 'irreparable' in the special legal sense of that term.” | 16 |
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.