4 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 27 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 United States Department Of Labor v. North Carolina Growers Association.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Department Of Labor v. North Carolina Growers Association Anchor | green | “when interpreting statutes we start with the plain language.” | 13 |
| 2 | North Carolina Ex Rel. Cooper v. Tennessee Valley Authority | green | “ordinary, contemporary, common meaning, absent an indication congress intended it to bear some different import.” | 7 |
| 3 | United States v. Carlos Alberto Ossa-Gallegos | green | “the fact that congress explicitly allows for tolling only when a defendant is imprisoned indicates that congress does not intend for district courts to toll the period of supervised release under any other circumstance.” | 4 |
| 4 | United States v. Carlos Alberto Ossa-Gallegos | green | “the continuation of supervised release is not contingent on tolling; rather, tolling describes the existing state of supervised release - that is, whether or not the period of supervised release is running.” | 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.