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7 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 Druffel v. State, Department of Transportation.

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1 Druffel v. State, Department of Transportation Anchor
idaho · 2002
green “statutes are construed under the assumption that the legislature was aware of all other statutes and legal precedence at the time the statute was passed.” 9
2 Baker v. Ore-Ida Foods, Inc.
idaho · 1973
green “where the clear implication of a legislative act is to change the common law rule we recognize the modification because the legislature has the power to abrogate the common law.” 8
3 Winn v. Frasher
idaho · 1989
green “address only the precise question that was framed by the motion and answered by the trial court.” 4
4 Nampa & Meridian Irrigation District v. Mussell
idaho · 2003
green “entitled to make any uses of their property that do not unreasonably interfere with the district's enjoyment of its irrigation easement.” 3
5 Carson v. Elliott
idahoctapp · 1986
green “easement owner has a right to remove obstructions unreasonably interfering with use of the easement, so long as there is no breach of the peace.” 3
6 Bilow v. Preco, Inc.
idaho · 1998
green “free to apply general rules of statutory construction to ascertain” 3
7 Nampa & Meridian Irrigation District v. Washington Federal Savings
idaho · 2001
yellow “we conclude that neither the provisions expressed in a channel change easement nor the quoted language of the statute . . . operate to create a greater right” 3

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