7 canonical passages across 3 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 Skidgel v. Cal. Unemployment Ins. Appeals Bd..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Skidgel v. Cal. Unemployment Ins. Appeals Bd. Anchor | green | “as in any case involving statutory interpretation, our fundamental task here is to determine the legislature's intent so as to effectuate the law's purpose.” | 6 |
| 2 | Gerard v. Orange Coast Mem. Medical Center | green | “an ongoing, prospective 'blanket' waiver does not provide any 8 assembly bill no. 60 added section 516 to the labor code allowing the iwc to "adopt or amend working condition orders with respect to rest break periods, meal periods, and days of rest for any workers in california …” | 3 |
| 3 | Gerard v. Orange Coast Mem. Medical Center | green | “found there may be prejudicial conditions in this order with respect to employees' difficulties in waiving a meal period” | 3 |
| 4 | Gerard v. Orange Coast Mem. Medical Center | green | “licensed veterinarians, registered veterinary technicians and unregistered animal health technicians providing patient care.” | 3 |
| 5 | Donohue v. AMN Services, LLC | green | “in california, 'wage and hour claims are today governed by two complementary and occasionally overlapping sources of authority: the provisions of the labor code, enacted by the legislature, and a series of 18 wage orders, adopted by the iwc.” | 3 |
| 6 | Donohue v. AMN Services, LLC | green | “must satisfy the initial burden of production and make a prima facie showing that 'one or more elements of the cause of action . . . cannot be established, or that there is a complete defense to the cause of action.” | 3 |
| 7 | Donohue v. AMN Services, LLC | green | “neither the labor code nor the wage orders specify what form the waiver must take, or when or how it may be obtained.” | 3 |
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