5 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 20 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 Studier v. Michigan Public School Employees' Retirement Board.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Studier v. Michigan Public School Employees' Retirement Board Anchor | green | “strong presumption that statutes do not create contractual rights.” | 6 |
| 2 | Jackson County Education Ass'n v. Grass Lake Community Schools Board of Education | green | “may be circumscribed to the extent necessary to achieve a valid state objective.” | 4 |
| 3 | International Business MacHines Corp. v. Department of Treasury | green | “this presumption is grounded in the principle that 'surrenders of legislative power are subject to strict limitations that have developed in order to protect the sovereign prerogatives of state governments.” | 4 |
| 4 | Dawson v. Secretary of State | green | “to prevent the legislature from being deceived in regard to any measure for levying taxes, and from furnishing money that might by some indirection be used for objects not approved by the legislature.” | 3 |
| 5 | Atlas v. Wayne County Board of Auditors | green | “the power to amend and repeal legislation as well as to enact it is vested in the legislature, and the legislature cannot restrict or limit its right to exercise the power of legislation by prescribing modes of procedure for the repeal or amendment of statutes; nor may one legis…” | 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.