7 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 33 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 Garcia v. State.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garcia v. State Anchor | green | “as jurists, we are obliged to implement the expressed will of our legislature, not the will it keeps to itself.” | 6 |
| 2 | State v. Johnson | green | “the plain language of a statute, not the legislative history behind it, dictates our interpretation of that statute.” | 6 |
| 3 | O'CONNOR v. First Court of Appeals | green | “unless a court of appeals chooses to hear a case en banc, the decision of a panel constitutes the decision of the whole court.” | 5 |
| 4 | Golden Eagle Distributing Corporation v. Burroughs Corporation, and Appeal of Kirkland & Ellis | green | “the sole purpose of the appeal is to do substantial justice to the parties.” | 4 |
| 5 | Lee v. State | green | “we find that the term 'funds' in the 2002 money laundering statute did not include checks.” | 4 |
| 6 | O'CONNOR v. First Court of Appeals | green | “denial of rehearing en banc does not foreclose the opportunity to point out where the opinion distorts what the district court did, to underline certain difficulties the opinion creates, and finally to point out alternative avenues that the opinion does not cut off.” | 4 |
| 7 | Ex Parte Manrique | green | “no factual record has been developed, therefore, any claim that the statute is unconstitutional as particularly applied to the appellant is premature and beyond the scope of the present review.” | 4 |
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.