5 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 76 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 Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc. Anchor | green | “statutory construction must begin with the language employed by congress and the assumption that the ordinary meaning of that language accurately expresses the legislative purpose.” | 31 |
| 2 | Asgrow Seed Co. v. Winterboer | green | “when terms used in a statute are undefined, we give them their ordinary meaning.” | 30 |
| 3 | Asgrow Seed Co. v. Winterboer | green | “when terms used in a statute are undefined, we give them their ordinary meaning” | 7 |
| 4 | United States v. Dale Lynn Ryan | green | “is into the function of the building itself, and then a determination of whether that function affects interstate commerce.” | 5 |
| 5 | United States v. Dale Lynn Ryan | green | “to property which is purely private in nature, such as a privately owned home, used solely for residential purposes.” | 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.