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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 14 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 City of Dallas v. Tci West End, Inc..

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1 City of Dallas v. Tci West End, Inc. Anchor
tex · 2015
green “as a general principle, we eschew constructions of a statute that render any statutory language meaningless or superfluous.” 11
2 Nelson v. Union Equity Co-Operative Exchange
tex · 1977
green “we are bound to apply the statutory definition in deciding the question before us.” 3

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