Already have an account? Sign in instead.
You stay signed in for 30 days on this browser.
Continue with Google Continue with MicrosoftNo account yet? Create a free one.
We sent a six-digit code.
It expires in ten minutes, works once, and only in this browser. Five wrong tries void it. Send another code.
Your account is live and the Cloudflare checks are off for this browser.
10 canonical passages across 10 cases, quoted by 81 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 People v. Brown.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People v. Brown Anchor | green | “estrada is today properly understood, not as weakening or modifying the default rule of prospective operation codified in penal code section 3, but rather as informing the rule's application in a specific context by articulating the reasonable presumption that a legislative act …” | 14 |
| 2 | People v. Giminez | green | “the bounds of reason, all of the circumstances being considered.” | 10 |
| 3 | People v. Caudillo | red | “it is an established rule of statutory construction ... that when statutes are in pari materia similar phrases appearing in each should be given like meanings.” | 9 |
| 4 | People v. Bucchierre | green | “the words 'as in this code provided' (penal code, 182) refer to the penal code.” | 8 |
| 5 | Marshall v. Pasadena Unified School District | green | “is nothing ambiguous about the phrase 'as used in this code.” | 8 |
| 6 | People v. Skinner | green | “mindful of the serious constitutional questions that might arise were we to accept a literal construction of the statutory language, and of our obligation wherever possible both to carry out the intent of the electorate and to construe statutes so as to preserve their constituti…” | 7 |
| 7 | Quarterman v. Kefauver | green | “when construing a statute, we must "ascertain the intent of the legislature so as to effectuate the purpose of the law.” | 7 |
| 8 | Bernard v. Foley | green | “it is not for us to gainsay the wisdom of this legislative choice” | 7 |
| 9 | People v. Superior Court | green | “in interpreting a voter initiative ..., we apply the same principles that govern statutory construction. ' '"the fundamental purpose of statutory construction is to ascertain the intent of the lawmakers so as to effectuate the purpose of the law.” | 7 |
| 10 | People v. Sinohui | green | “when construing a statute, we must” | 4 |
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.