7 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 22 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 State Department of Taxation v. Masco Builder Cabinet Group.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | State Department of Taxation v. Masco Builder Cabinet Group Anchor | green | “a specific statute controls over a general statute.” | 5 |
| 2 | Attorney General v. Nevada Tax Comm'n | green | “a statute is ambiguous when it is capable of being understood in two or more senses by reasonably informed persons or it does not otherwise speak to the issue before the court.” | 4 |
| 3 | Laird v. State of Nevada Public Employees Retirement Board | green | “when statutes are in conflict, the one more recent in time controls over the provisions of an earlier enactment.” | 3 |
| 4 | John Munic Enterprises, Inc. v. Laos | green | “a person entitled to recover contribution may recover no more than the amount paid to the plaintiff in excess of the person's comparative share of responsibility.” | 3 |
| 5 | DeBenedetto v. CLD Consulting Engineers, Inc. | green | “a rule of law limiting a jury or court to consideration of the fault of only the parties to an action would directly undermine the new hampshire legislature's decision to assign only several liability. . . .” | 3 |
| 6 | Nevada Attorney for Injured Workers v. Nevada Self-Insurers Ass'n | green | “we presume that the legislature enacted the statute with full knowledge of existing statutes relating to the same subject.” | 2 |
| 7 | Nevada Attorney for Injured Workers v. Nevada Self-Insurers Ass'n | green | “we presume that the legislature enacts a new statute with full knowledge of existing statutes relating to the same subject” | 2 |
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.