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3 canonical passages across 3 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 Auen v. Alcoholic Beverages Division of Iowa Department of Commerce.

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1 Auen v. Alcoholic Beverages Division of Iowa Department of Commerce Anchor
iowa · 2004
green “we determine legislative intent from the words chosen by the legislature, not what it should or might have said.” 8
2 Renda v. Iowa Civil Rights Commission
iowa · 2010
green “the question of whether interpretive discretion has clearly been vested in an agency is easily resolved when the agency's enabling statute explicitly addresses the issue.” 8
3 Iowa Medical Society and Iowa Society of Anesthesiologists v. Iowa Board of Nursing
iowa · 2013
green “we review the district court's decision to determine whether it correctly applied the law.” 4

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