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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 13 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 Haynes v Neshewat.

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1 Haynes v Neshewat Anchor
mich · 2007
green “when a statute specifically defines a given term, that definition alone controls.” 10
2 Detroit Edison Company v. Department of Treasury
mich · 2015
green “industrial processing of electricity does not become complete until final distribution to the consumer because there is simply no point within the electric system at which 'finished goods first come to rest in finished goods inventory storage' before that point.” 3

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