8 canonical passages across 5 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 Ieropoli v. AC&S CORP..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ieropoli v. AC&S CORP. Anchor | green | “the fundamental rule of construction which guides this court is that the constitution's language controls and must be interpreted in its popular sense, as understood by the people when they voted on its adoption.” | 6 |
| 2 | Jubelirer v. Rendell | green | “an application for summary relief may be granted if a party's right to judgment is clear and no material issues of fact are in dispute.” | 5 |
| 3 | Sparks' Estate | green | “only for purposes authorized by the trust or necessary for the preservation of the trust; other uses are beyond the scope of the discretion conferred, even where the trustee claims to be acting solely to advance other discrete interests of the beneficiaries.” | 3 |
| 4 | Pennsylvania Environmental Defense Foundation v. Commonwealth | green | “a decision to lease commonwealth property protected by the constitution and held in trust for the benefit of all current and future pennsylvanians is an appropriate subject of judicial scrutiny.” | 3 |
| 5 | Pennsylvania Environmental Defense Foundation v. Commonwealth | green | “clearly, plainly, and palpably” | 3 |
| 6 | Pennsylvania Environmental Defense Foundation v. Commonwealth | green | “decided not to enter into further leases for natural gas extraction on state lands pending study of the 'marcellus play' and development within the 660,000 acres of land already leased within the marcellus shale region,” | 3 |
| 7 | Metzger v. Lehigh Valley Trust & Safe Deposit Co. | green | “the trustee can properly exercise such powers and only such powers as (a) are conferred upon him in specific words by the terms of the trust, or (b) are necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of the trust and are not forbidden by the terms of the trust” | 3 |
| 8 | Ieropoli v. AC&S CORP. | green | “the constitution's language controls and must be interpreted in its popular sense, as understood by the people when they voted on its adoption.” | 2 |
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.