8 canonical passages across 7 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 Wong v. Hawk.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wong v. Hawk Anchor | green | “words in a statute must be given meaning and not treated as meaningless and superfluous.” | 8 |
| 2 | Wood v. Wood | green | “to rely upon the financial assurance provided by an outstanding court order” | 4 |
| 3 | Young v. Young | green | “a child's receipt of dependent benefits satisfies part or all of the obligation, and that the obligor must receive credit against the established obligation.” | 4 |
| 4 | Catherine E. Brochu v. Richard A. McLeod | green | “by virtue of its status as a money judgment, a child support arrearage is not subject to the defense of laches.” | 4 |
| 5 | Pelletier v. Pelletier | green | “we will infer that the trial court made any factual inferences needed to support its ultimate conclusion,” | 4 |
| 6 | Walker v. Walker | green | “child support obligation or debt, it shall give the obligor parent credit for the dependent benefits paid to the child.” | 3 |
| 7 | Wong v. Hawk | green | “avoid absurd, illogical; or inconsistent results” | 3 |
| 8 | State v. Cheney | green | “a civil violation may be based solely upon circumstantial evidence and reasonable inferences drawn from it.” | 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.