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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..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goodwin v. Kingsmen Plastering, Inc. Anchor | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | green | “a toolbox or somewhere where he keeps the tools.” | 3 |
| 6 | State v. Cortes | green | “an animal that has harmed or has threat- ened to harm a person or another animal” | 3 |
| 7 | State v. Cortes | 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 |
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.