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4 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 17 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 Government Employees Insurance Co. v. Hyman.

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1 Government Employees Insurance Co. v. Hyman Anchor
haw · 1999
green “judicial deference to agency expertise is a guiding precept where the interpretation and application of broad or ambiguous statutory language by an administrative tribunal are the subject of review.” 5
2 Camara v. Agsalud
haw · 1984
green “to be granted deference, ... the agency's decision must be consistent with the legislative purpose.” 5
3 Brown v. Thompson
haw · 1999
green “well established rule of statutory construction that, where an administrative agency is charged with the responsibility of carrying out the mandate of a statute which contains words of broad and indefinite meaning, courts accord persuasive weight to administrative construction a…” 4
4 State v. Dillingham Corp.
haw · 1979
green “neither official construction or usage, no matter how long indulged in, can be successfully invoked to defeat the purpose and effect of a statute which is free from ambiguity....” 3

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