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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 2,450 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 Williams v. Taylor.

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1 Williams v. Taylor Anchor
scotus · 2000
green “contrary to, or involved an unreasonable application of, clearly established federal law, as determined by the supreme court of the united states,” 1,593
2 Murray v. Carrier
scotus · 1986
green “some objective factor external to the defense impeded counsel's efforts to comply with the state's procedural rule.” 857

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