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3 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 15 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 Bryant v. HCA Health Services of No. Tennessee, Inc..

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1 Bryant v. HCA Health Services of No. Tennessee, Inc. Anchor
tenn · 2000
green “a statute is ambiguous if the statute is capable of conveying more than one meaning.” 8
2 In Re: Estate of Martha M. Tanner
tenn · 2009
green “any interpretation of the statute that 'would render one section of the act repugnant to another' should be avoided.” 4
3 Arden v. Kozawa
tenn · 2015
green “where statutory language is ambiguous, we may decipher legislative intent in other ways, including consideration of the broader statutory scheme, legislative history, and other sources.” 3

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