7 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 35 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 American Tower, L.P. v. City of Grant.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | American Tower, L.P. v. City of Grant Anchor | green | “whether the statute's language, on its face, is ambiguous.” | 9 |
| 2 | Larson v. State | green | “if a statute is unambiguous, then we must apply the statute's plain meaning.” | 7 |
| 3 | Premier Bank v. BECKER DEVELOPMENT, LLC | green | “we give words and phrases their plain and ordinary meaning.” | 4 |
| 4 | Larson v. State | green | “determine whether the statute's language, on its face, is ambiguous.” | 4 |
| 5 | In re the Financial Responsibility for the Out-of-Home Placement Costs for S.M. | green | “construe the statute's words and phrases according to their plain and ordinary meaning.” | 4 |
| 6 | Caldas v. Affordable Granite & Stone, Inc. | green | “the goal of all statutory interpretation is to 'ascertain and effectuate the intention of the legislature.” | 4 |
| 7 | Larson v. State | green | “apply the statute's plain meaning.” | 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.