7 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 25 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 People v. Bingham.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People v. Bingham Anchor | green | “in determining the plain, ordinary, and popularly understood meaning of a term, it is entirely appropriate to look to the dictionary for a definition.” | 7 |
| 2 | Apple Canyon Lake Property Owners' Ass'n v. Illinois Commerce Comm'n | green | “the credibility of expert witnesses and the weight to be given their testimony are matters for the commission as the finder of fact.” | 3 |
| 3 | Strategic Energy, LLC v. Illinois Commerce Commission | green | “the general rule is that the successful party cannot appeal from those parts of a decree that are in its favor in order to reverse other aspects of the decree.” | 3 |
| 4 | People v. Fort | green | “there are times when courts cannot determine the meaning of a statute by examining its plain language or when the statute is capable of being understood by reasonably well-informed persons in two or more different senses, thus creating statutory ambiguity.” | 3 |
| 5 | Inter-State Water Co. v. City of Danville | neutral | “the appellant, the city of danville, had the legal and statutory right to appeal from the order of the commerce commission authorizing an increase in the domestic and industrial rates of the consumers of the appellee, the inter-state water company, within the city.” | 3 |
| 6 | Inter-State Water Co. v. City of Danville | neutral | “unpreventable damage due to weather events or conditions.” | 3 |
| 7 | Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad v. Illinois Commerce Commission | green | “to weigh the evidence and reach a conclusion; that is for the commission to do.” | 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.