7 canonical passages across 7 cases, quoted by 27 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 In Re MCI Telecommunications Complaint.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In Re MCI Telecommunications Complaint Anchor | green | “where the legislature has considered certain language and rejected it in favor of other language, the resulting statutory language should not be held to explicitly authorize what the legislature explicitly rejected.” | 7 |
| 2 | Bostock v. Clayton County | green | “an employer who fires an individual for being homosexual or transgender fires that person for traits or actions it would not have questioned in members of a different sex.” | 5 |
| 3 | Schwartz v. City of Flint | green | “the separation of powers provision in is 'in harmony with american political theory, the state government divided into the three historic departments, the legislative, executive, and judicial . . . .” | 3 |
| 4 | Nation v. W D E Electric Co. | green | “in light of the legislature's rejection of an explicit provision requiring compound interest, we presume the legislature's silence evidences an intent that courts continue to use simple interest.” | 3 |
| 5 | People v. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee Railway Co. | green | “ourts cannot make laws; they can but interpret them in conformity with the legislative intent.” | 3 |
| 6 | School District v. City of Pontiac | green | “the constitutional duty of courts is to interpret and apply the law, not to enact laws.” | 3 |
| 7 | Hively v. Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana | green | “it would require considerable calisthenics to remove 'sex' from 'sexual orientation.” | 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.