6 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 65 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 Sun Valley Foods Co. v. Ward.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sun Valley Foods Co. v. Ward Anchor | green | “the statutory language must be read and understood in its grammatical context, unless it is clear that something different was intended.” | 21 |
| 2 | Sun Valley Foods Co. v. Ward | green | “both the plain meaning of the critical word or phrase as well as 'its placement and purpose in the statutory scheme.” | 16 |
| 3 | Meijer, Inc. v. State Tax Commission | green | “the primary purpose of controlling or disposing of air pollution” | 7 |
| 4 | Meijer, Inc. v. State Tax Commission | green | “the suitability and 16 random house webster's college dictionary (1997). 17 id. 18 adequacy . . . can be, and are, measured and tested through non-empirical studies based on accepted scientific principles and sound analysis. . . . the resolution of this question is particularly …” | 7 |
| 5 | Covert Township Assessor v. State Tax Commission | green | “designed and operated primarily for the control, capture, and removal of pollutants from the air.” | 7 |
| 6 | Covert Township Assessor v. State Tax Commission | green | “the primary purpose of controlling air pollution.” | 7 |
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.