10 canonical passages across 9 cases, quoted by 37 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 Lindsey v. Lindsey.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lindsey v. Lindsey Anchor | green | “that which is implied in the statute is as much a part of it as that which is expressed.” | 6 |
| 2 | Peets v. Martin | green | “that which is implied in the statute is as much a part of it as that which is expressed.” | 5 |
| 3 | Sunburst Bank v. Keith | green | “is not imposed as a penalty for wrong doing; it is allowed as compensation for the detention of money overdue.” | 4 |
| 4 | Bailey v. Al-Mefty | green | “the primary rule of construction is to ascertain the intent of the legislature from the statute as a whole and from the language used therein.” | 4 |
| 5 | Sunburst Bank v. Keith | green | “compensation for the detention of money overdue.” | 3 |
| 6 | Estate of Baxter v. Shaw Associates, Inc. | green | “section 75-17-7 ... allows the trial court to set the rate and in effect the method of its calculation.” | 3 |
| 7 | Clark v. State Ex Rel. Miss. State Med. Ass'n | green | “the court, in determining the legislative intent, may look not only to the language used but also to its historical background, its subject matter, and the purposes and objects to be accomplished.” | 3 |
| 8 | Onti, Inc. v. Integra Bank | green | “the grounds for the rule of simple interest are at best the inability of a prudent investor to receive compound interest and are at worst a blind adherence to the past.” | 3 |
| 9 | Stallings v. State | neutral | “trial courts are not free to decide issues according to authority found in unpublished trial court opinions.” | 3 |
| 10 | Jones v. Parker | green | “compound interest ordinarily is chargeable in cases of fraud, gross negligence, or abuse of trust on the part of the guardian, but only simple interest will be charged in cases of simple neglect of duty without fraud or intentional misconduct.” | 3 |
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.