7 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 53 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 A.S. v. Pennsylvania State Police.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A.S. v. Pennsylvania State Police Anchor | green | “a statute is ambiguous when there are at least two reasonable interpretations of the text.” | 21 |
| 2 | McGrath v. Bureau of Professional & Occupational Affairs, State Board of Nursing | green | “non-trivial interpretive difficulties” | 6 |
| 3 | Blumenschein v. Pittsburgh Housing Authority | green | “limited to the determination of whether there has been a manifest and flagrant abuse of discretion or a purely arbitrary execution of the agency's duties or functions.” | 6 |
| 4 | Slawek v. BD. OF MED. ED. & LICENSURE | green | “a manifest and flagrant abuse of discretion or a purely arbitrary execution of the agency's duties or functions.” | 5 |
| 5 | Slawek v. BD. OF MED. ED. & LICENSURE | green | “as the blumenschein court put it, a reviewing court may interfere in an agency decision only when 'there has been a manifest and flagrant abuse of discretion or a purely arbitrary execution of the agency's duties or functions.” | 5 |
| 6 | Ass'n of Coll. Facs. v. Labor Rels. Bd. | green | “phrase 'good character, honesty and integrity' contains subjective language that invites conflicting interpretations,” | 5 |
| 7 | Fraternal Order of Police v. Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board | green | “the applicant is a person of good character, 97 fraternal ord. of police, 735 a.2d at 99 . 98 corrected adjudication at 29-31. j-86a-2024, j-86b-2024, j-86c-2024, j-86d-2024 and j-86e-2024 - 32 honesty and integrity and is eligible and suitable to be licensed as a principal.” | 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.