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7 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 32 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 State v. Eighth Judicial District Court ex rel. County of Clark.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | State v. Eighth Judicial District Court ex rel. County of Clark Anchor | green | “to control a manifest abuse or arbitrary or capricious exercise of discretion.” | 8 |
| 2 | Mendoza-Lobos v. State | green | “it is within the legislature's power to completely remove any judicial discretion to determine a criminal penalty by creating mandatory sentencing schemes.” | 7 |
| 3 | Virginia & Truckee Railroad v. Henry | green | “it requires neither argument nor reference to authorities to show that when the language of a statute admits of two constructions, one of which would render it constitutional and valid and the other unconstitutional and void, that construction should be adopted which will save t…” | 5 |
| 4 | Koller v. State | green | “if the language of a statute is clear on its face, we will ascribe to the statute its plain meaning and not look beyond its language.” | 3 |
| 5 | Mangarella v. State | green | “moreover, the rules of statutory interpretation that apply to penal statutes require that provisions which negatively impact a defendant must be strictly construed, while provisions which positively impact a defendant are to be given a more liberal construction.” | 3 |
| 6 | Stromberg v. Second Judicial District Court | green | “between the prosecutor's decision in how to charge and prosecute a case and the court's authority to dispose of a case after its jurisdiction has been invoked.” | 3 |
| 7 | Stromberg v. Second Judicial District Court | green | “if the offender successfully completes a treatment program.” | 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.