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7 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 Goodwin v. Kingsmen Plastering, Inc..

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1 Goodwin v. Kingsmen Plastering, Inc. Anchor
or · 2016
green “it is a familiar rule that the meaning of words in a statute may be clarified or confirmed by reference to other words in the same sentence or provision.” 6
2 United States v. Anthony Evans
ca9 · 2018
green “a proba- tioner must be put on clear notice of what conduct will (and will not) constitute a supervised release violation.” 3
3 United States v. Anthony Evans
ca9 · 2018
green “a vague supervised release con- dition 'cannot be cured by allowing the probation officer an unfettered power of interpretation, as this would create one of the very problems against which the vagueness doctrine is meant to protect, i.e., the delegation of basic policy matters t…” 3
4 Bonner v. American Golf Corp. of California
or · 2024
neutral “it is a maxim of statutory construction that, when a statute is capable of more than one plausible interpreta- tion, the court will avoid an interpretation that raises a con- stitutional problem.” 3
5 State v. Cortes
or · 2025
green “a toolbox or somewhere where he keeps the tools.” 3
6 State v. Cortes
or · 2025
green “an animal that has harmed or has threat- ened to harm a person or another animal” 3
7 State v. Cortes
or · 2025
green “an instrument of attack or defense in combat, as a gun, missile, cite as 374 or 461 (2025) 471 or sword. a means used to defend against or defeat another.” 3

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