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6 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 34 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 Zuber v. Allen.

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1 Zuber v. Allen Anchor
scotus · 1970
green “legislative silence is a poor beacon to follow in discerning the proper statutory route.” 9
2 Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc.
scotus · 2009
green “when congress amends one statutory provision but not another, it is presumed to have acted intentionally.” 7
3 National Railroad Passenger Corporation v. National Assn. of Railroad Passengers
scotus · 1974
green “since we hold that no right of action exists, questions of standing and jurisdiction became immaterial.” 5
4 Aliotta v. Bair
cadc · 2010
green “under either a disparate treatment or disparate impact theory of discrimination, plaintiffs must show they suffered an adverse employment action.” 5
5 Young v. United Parcel Service, Inc.
scotus · 2015
green “we note that employment discrimination law also creates with is called a 'disparate-impact' claim.” 4
6 Anas Elhady v. Charles Kable, IV
ca4 · 2021
green “we find these decisions persuasive and decline the invitation to create a circuit split.” 4

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.

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