8 canonical passages across 8 cases, quoted by 46 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 Hawkins v. Bruno Yacht Sales, Inc..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hawkins v. Bruno Yacht Sales, Inc. Anchor | green | “the cardinal rule of statutory construction is to ascertain and effectuate the intent of the legislature.” | 15 |
| 2 | Lee v. Thermal Engineering Corp. | green | “where a word is not defined in a statute, our appellate courts have looked to the usual dictionary meaning to supply its meaning.” | 8 |
| 3 | CFRE, LLC v. Greenville County Assessor | green | “this rule of strict construction simply means that constitutional and statutory language will not be strained or liberally construed in the taxpayer's favor.” | 6 |
| 4 | City of Sumter Police Department v. One (1) 1992 Blue Mazda Truck | green | “all rules of statutory construction are subservient to the one that the legislative intent must prevail if it reasonably can be discovered in the language used, and the language must be construed in the light of the intended purpose of the statute.” | 5 |
| 5 | Perkins v. Parkins | green | “administrative interpretations of statutes, consistently followed by the agencies charged with their administration and not expressly changed by congress, are entitled to great weight.” | 3 |
| 6 | Marchant v. Hamilton | green | “administrative interpretations of statutes, consistently followed by the agencies charged with their administration and not expressly changed by congress, are entitled to great weight.” | 3 |
| 7 | Ferguson Fire & Fabrication, Inc. v. Preferred Fire Protection, L.L.C. | green | “if a statute is ambiguous, the courts must construe its terms.” | 3 |
| 8 | BE MI, Inc. v. South Carolina Department of Revenue | green | “words in a statute must be given their plain and ordinary meaning without resorting to subtle or forced construction to limit or expand the statute's application.” | 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.