Topic: where text is clear, text is determinative of that intent. · Go Syfert
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5 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 166 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 Entergy Gulf States, Inc. v. Summers.

#Case FlagCanonical passage Citers
1 Entergy Gulf States, Inc. v. Summers Anchor
tex · 2009
green “where text is clear, text is determinative of that intent.” 101
2 Entergy Gulf States, Inc. v. Summers
tex · 2009
green “words and phrases that have acquired a technical or particular meaning, whether by legislative definition or otherwise, shall be construed accordingly.” 30
3 Entergy Gulf States, Inc. v. Summers
tex · 2009
green “common law or former statutory provisions, including laws on the same or similar subjects,” 28
4 Simmons v. Arnim
· 1920
green “courts . . . must take statutes as they find them. . . . they are not the law-making body. they are not responsible for omissions in legislation. they are responsible for a true and fair interpretation of the written law . . . .” 4
5 Simmons v. Arnim
· 1920
green “courts must take statutes as they find them.” 3

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