4 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 15 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 Buckley v. Professional Plaza Clinic Corp..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buckley v. Professional Plaza Clinic Corp. Anchor | green | “this court's review of a circuit court's ruling on an appeal from an administrative decision is limited.” | 5 |
| 2 | Mount Pleasant Public Schools v. Michigan AFSCME Council 25 | green | “a judicial comment made during the course of delivering a judicial opinion, but one that is unnecessary to the decision in the case and therefore not precedential (though it may be considered persuasive).” | 4 |
| 3 | Denton v. Department of Treasury | green | “when a statute does not define a word, we presume the legislature intended the word to have its plain and ordinary meaning, which we may discern by consulting a dictionary.” | 3 |
| 4 | Burleson v. Department of Environmental Quality | neutral | “the statute's words are the most reliable indicator of the legislature's intent and should be interpreted based on their ordinary meaning and the context within which they are used in the statute.” | 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.