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6 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 21 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 City of Virginia Beach v. ESG Enterprises, Inc..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | City of Virginia Beach v. ESG Enterprises, Inc. Anchor | green | “we must assume that 'the legislature chose, with care, the words it used when it enacted the relevant statute, and we are bound by those words as we interpret the statute.” | 5 |
| 2 | Sauder v. Ferguson | green | “when the general assembly uses two different terms in the same act, it is presumed to mean two different things.” | 4 |
| 3 | Cook v. Com. | green | “if possible, to avoid rendering other words superfluous.” | 3 |
| 4 | Conkling v. Commonwealth | green | “that an adjudication is treated as a conviction in specific circumstances implies that it is not so treated as a general rule.” | 3 |
| 5 | Carter v. Commonwealth | green | “prevent a person, who is known to have committed a serious crime in the past, from becoming dangerously armed, regardless of 5 while the statute has been amended since 1999, the quoted penalty language remains the same. -7- whether that person uses, displays, or conceals the fir…” | 3 |
| 6 | Sauder v. Ferguson | green | “best able to discern where the equities lie,” | 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.