7 canonical passages across 7 cases, quoted by 28 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 Amalgamated Transit Union Local 587 v. State.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amalgamated Transit Union Local 587 v. State Anchor | green | “an exercise of the initiative power is an exercise of the reserved power of the people to legislate.” | 9 |
| 2 | City of Burien v. Kiga | green | “it is impossible for the court to assess whether either subject would have received majority support if voted on separately.” | 4 |
| 3 | State Ex Rel. Wash. Toll Bridge Auth. v. Yelle | green | “there had crept into our system of legislation a practice of engrafting upon measures of great public importance foreign matters for local or selfish purposes, and the members of the legislature were often constrained to vote for such foreign provisions to avoid jeopardizing the…” | 3 |
| 4 | Diversified Industries Development Corp. v. Ripley | green | “broad overriding public import” | 3 |
| 5 | State v. Nelson | neutral | “the legislature to include in one general enactment all of the statutory law relating to a cognate subject.” | 3 |
| 6 | Pierce County v. State | green | “the people declare and establish that the state needs to exercise fiscal restraint.” | 3 |
| 7 | Huff v. Wyman | green | “an initiative must propose the enactment of a law and not the amendment of the constitution” | 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.