3 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 10 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 Virginia Uranium, Inc. v. Warren.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Virginia Uranium, Inc. v. Warren Anchor | green | “it is our duty to respect not only what congress wrote but, as importantly, what it didn't write.” | 4 |
| 2 | Designworks Homes, Inc. v. Columbia Hse of Brokers Realty | green | “generally, in the context of statutory interpretation, a word is known by the company it keeps, which is an interpretive principle called 'noscitur a sociis.” | 3 |
| 3 | Designworks Homes, Inc. v. Columbia Hse of Brokers Realty | green | “when interpreting a statute, we must also consider the statutory context in which the words in question appear, including both '"the specific context in which the language is used, and the broader context of the statute as a whole .” | 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.