5 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 19 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 State v. Smith.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | State v. Smith Anchor | green | “words are given the meaning provided by the statute or, in the absence of specific definition, their ordinary meaning.” | 7 |
| 2 | State v. Martin | green | “read into a statute that which we may believe the legislature has omitted, be it an intentional or an inadvertent omission” | 3 |
| 3 | Shelton Hotel Co., Inc. v. Bates | green | “to be considered now just as it would have been if the vetoed provisions had never been written into the bill at any stage of the proceedings.” | 3 |
| 4 | Shelton Hotel Co., Inc. v. Bates | green | “speculate as to what the legislature intended, had it foreseen the veto.” | 3 |
| 5 | State Ex Rel. Stiner v. Yelle | green | “to be considered now just as it would have been if the vetoed provisions had never been written into the bill at any stage of the proceedings.” | 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.