5 canonical passages across 4 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 Virginia Real Estate Board v. Clay.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Virginia Real Estate Board v. Clay Anchor | green | “deference is not abdication, and it requires us to accept only those principles of agency interpretations that are reasonable in light of the principles of construction courts normally employ.” | 6 |
| 2 | Williams v. Commonwealth of Virginia Real Estate Board | green | “without determining principle.” | 5 |
| 3 | Mattaponi Indian Tribe v. Commonwealth | green | “the circuit court has no authority under vapa to reweigh the facts in the agency's evidentiary record.” | 3 |
| 4 | 1st Stop Health Services, Inc., etc. v. Department of Medical Assistance Services, etc. | green | “the regulations warn providers that 'noncompliance with dmas policies and procedures may result in a retraction of medicaid payment or termination of the provider agreement, or both.” | 3 |
| 5 | 1st Stop Health Services, Inc., etc. v. Department of Medical Assistance Services, etc. | green | “would ignore the plain terms of the provider agreement and the manual, incentivize sloppy recordkeeping, and increase the cost and complexity of audits.” | 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.