8 canonical passages across 4 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 Pennsylvania Associated Builders & Contractors, Inc. v. Commonwealth Department of General Services.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pennsylvania Associated Builders & Contractors, Inc. v. Commonwealth Department of General Services Anchor | green | “if the general assembly defines words that are used in a statute, those definitions are binding.” | 5 |
| 2 | Snyder Bros., Inc. v. Pa. Pub. Util. Comm'n | green | “if a statutory term, when read in context with the overall statutory framework in which it appears, has at least two reasonable interpretations, then the term is ambiguous.” | 4 |
| 3 | Pennsylvania Associated Builders & Contractors, Inc. v. Commonwealth Department of General Services | green | “the general assembly defines words that are used in a statute, those definitions are binding” | 3 |
| 4 | Truck Terminal Realty Co. v. Commonwealth | green | “the legislature must affirmatively repeal existing law or specifically preempt accepted common law for prior law to be disregarded.” | 3 |
| 5 | McCloskey v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission | green | “the dsic in its current form fully and properly accounts for federal deferred income taxes and state income tax deductions associated with 'eligible property” | 3 |
| 6 | McCloskey v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission | green | “a utility's quarterly earnings reports, which are used to determine its achieved rate of return for earnings cap purposes, reflect a wide variety of individual adjustments that would be considered in a base rate proceeding, including state income tax deductions.” | 3 |
| 7 | McCloskey v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission | green | “created a simplified framework . . . that forgoes the application of certain ratemaking principles that were appropriate for in-depth investigation and review of base rates,” | 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.