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4 canonical passages across 2 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 State v. Prater.

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1 State v. Prater Anchor
indctapp · 2010
green “we are obliged to suppose that the general assembly chose the language it did for a reason.” 11
2 Curley v. LAKE CTY BD. OF ELECTIONS REGIS.
indctapp · 2008
green “in interpreting a statute, we must consider not only what the statute says but what it does not say.” 7
3 State v. Prater
indctapp · 2010
green “we review the statute as a whole and presume the legislature intended logical application of the language used in the statute, so as to avoid unjust or absurd results.” 5
4 Curley v. LAKE CTY BD. OF ELECTIONS REGIS.
indctapp · 2008
green “if a statute is unambiguous, that is, susceptible to but one meaning, we must give the statute its clear and plain meaning.” 4

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