4 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 24 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 Barbre v. Pope.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barbre v. Pope Anchor | green | “no word, clause, sentence or phrase is rendered surplusage, superfluous, meaningless or nugatory.” | 11 |
| 2 | Serio v. Baltimore County | green | “purpose, aim, or policy of the enacting body,” | 6 |
| 3 | Robey v. State | green | “occasionally we see fit to examine extrinsic sources of legislative intent merely as a check of our reading of a statute's plain language.” | 4 |
| 4 | Stanley v. State | green | “in such instances, we may find useful the context of a statute, the overall statutory scheme, and archival legislative history of relevant enactments.” | 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.