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4 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 11 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 Morrison-Knudsen Construction Co. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs.

#Case FlagCanonical passage Citers
1 Morrison-Knudsen Construction Co. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs Anchor
scotus · 1983
green “a word is presumed to have the same meaning in all subsections of the same statute.” 4
2 Prati v. United States
cafc · 2010
green “sections 6501 and 6229 do not operate independently to allow a taxpayer to assert one in isolation and thereby render an otherwise timely assessment untimely.” 3
3 Morrison-Knudsen Construction Co. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
scotus · 1983
green “we have often stated that a word is presumed to have the same meaning in all subsections of the same statute.” 2

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