7 canonical passages across 7 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 Robbins v. People.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robbins v. People Anchor | green | “general assembly meant what it clearly said” | 3 |
| 2 | People v. Goodale | green | “it is not the role of the courts to act as overseers of all legislative action and declare statutes unconstitutional merely because we believe they could be drafted better or more fairly applied.” | 3 |
| 3 | People v. Perea | green | “a law is unconstitutionally vague only if it specifies no standard of conduct at all, and not if it requires a person to conform his or her conduct to an imprecise, but comprehensible normative standard.” | 3 |
| 4 | People v. Valdez | green | “to consider what weight should be given to all parts of the evidence, and to resolve conflicts, inconsistencies, and disputes in the evidence.” | 3 |
| 5 | People v. Shell | green | “incomprehensible in all applications” | 3 |
| 6 | People v. Vinnola | green | “knowing or having reasonable cause to know at the time of uttering or passing it that it will not be paid, and it is not paid because of insufficient funds.” | 3 |
| 7 | Commonwealth v. Cocke | green | “absent a requirement that the actor's alteration, damage or destruction must occur without authorization, the kentucky statute at issue literally permits the prosecution of an authorized user for an alteration as innocuous and innocent as the deletion of an e-mail message.” | 2 |
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.