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4 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 16 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 Newland v. Budget Rent-A-Car Systems, Inc..

#Case FlagCanonical passage Citers
1 Newland v. Budget Rent-A-Car Systems, Inc. Anchor
illappct · 2001
green “if possible, courts must give effect to every word, clause, and sentence and may not read a statute so as to render any part inoperative, superfluous, or insignificant.” 8
2 Newland v. Budget Rent-A-Car Systems, Inc.
illappct · 2001
green “courts must give effect to every word, clause, and sentence and may not read a statute so as to render any part inoperative, superfluous, or insignificant.” 4
3 Hearne v. Chicago School Reform Board of Trustees of the Board of Education
illappct · 2001
green “it is also well settled that statutes should be construed to give them a reasonable meaning and to avoid absurdity or hardship.” 2
4 Hearne v. Chicago School Reform Board of Trustees of the Board of Education
illappct · 2001
green “statutes should be construed to give them a reasonable meaning and to avoid absurdity or hardship.” 2

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