8 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 44 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 Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Pueblo of Santa Ana.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Pueblo of Santa Ana Anchor | green | “elementary canon of construction that a statute should be interpreted so as not to render one part inoperative.” | 9 |
| 2 | Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Pueblo of Santa Ana | green | “the elementary canon of construction that a statute should be interpreted so as not to render one part inoperative.” | 8 |
| 3 | United States v. David Ronald Chandler, A/K/A Ronnie Chandler | green | “absent a legislative intent to the contrary.” | 6 |
| 4 | Moore v. DeBiase | green | “nature of the claims as set forth in the pleading and by determining whether the state law claims are more complex or require more judicial resources to adjudicate or are more salient in the case as a whole than the federal law claims.” | 4 |
| 5 | United States v. Rojas-Contreras | green | “our objective when interpreting a statute is to determine the drafters' intent.” | 3 |
| 6 | United States v. Jose Luis Castro, Alberto Duque, Gaston Pereira, Jaime Bayon | green | “our objective when interpreting a statute is to determine the drafters' intent.” | 3 |
| 7 | Martin v. Drummond Coal Co., Inc. | green | “a value judgment by the federal court” | 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.