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7 canonical passages across 7 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 Fayad v. Clarendon Nat. Ins. Co..

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1 Fayad v. Clarendon Nat. Ins. Co. Anchor
fla · 2005
green “where general words follow an enumeration of specific words, the general words are construed as applying to the same kind or class as those that are specifically mentioned.” 5
2 State v. Hearns
fla · 2007
green “where general words follow an enumeration of specific words, the general words are construed as applying to the same kind or class as those that are specifically mentioned.” 4
3 State of Florida v. Christopher Douglas Weeks
fla · 2016
green “states that when a general phrase follows a list of specifics, the general phrase will be interpreted to include only items of the same type as those listed.” 4
4 Moore v. State
fladistctapp · 2014
green “language to be limited to news media defendants who publish statements via an” 4
5 Anderson v. State
fla · 2012
green “is limited by the specific terms that precede it:” 4
6 Davies v. Bossert
fladistctapp · 1984
green “since no other section of chapter 770 uses the language 'other medium' as found in section 770.01, we can infer reasonably that the legislature intended that term to include television and radio broadcasting stations.” 3
7 Plant Food Systems, Inc. v. Irey
fladistctapp · 2015
green “an internet publisher of various purportedly scientific, technical, and medical journals and information” 3

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