6 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 69 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 Pennsylvania Financial Responsibility Assigned Claims Plan v. English.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pennsylvania Financial Responsibility Assigned Claims Plan v. English Anchor | green | “where the words of a statute are clear and free from ambiguity the legislative intent is to be gleaned from those very words.” | 39 |
| 2 | A.S. v. Pennsylvania State Police | green | “it is only when statutory text is determined to be ambiguous that we may go beyond the text and look to other considerations to discern legislative intent.” | 10 |
| 3 | Mohamed v. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation | green | “where the language of a statute is clear and unambiguous, a court may not add matters the legislature saw fit not to include under the guise of construction.” | 7 |
| 4 | Commonwealth v. Gilmour Manufacturing Co. | green | “where the words of a statute are clear and free from ambiguity the legislative intent is to be gleaned from those very words.” | 7 |
| 5 | Ramich v. Worker's Compensation Appeal Board | green | “only when the language of the statute is ambiguous does statutory construction become necessary.” | 5 |
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.