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5 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 43 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 Miller v. County of Centre.

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1 Miller v. County of Centre Anchor
pa · 2017
green “is to ascertain and effectuate the intention of the general assembly.” 14
2 Frazier v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board
pa · 2012
green “we should not insert words into a statute that are plainly not there.” 13
3 Pa School Boards Ass'n, Inc. v. Com., Public Sch. Employees'retirement Bd.
pa · 2004
green “other interpretative rules of statutory construction are to be utilized only where the statute at issue is ambiguous” 7
4 Pa School Boards Ass'n, Inc. v. Com., Public Sch. Employees'retirement Bd.
pa · 2004
green “other interpretive rules of statutory construction are to be utilized only where the statute at issue is ambiguous” 5
5 Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Inc. v. Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry
pa · 2017
green “our standard of review is de novo, and our scope of review plenary.” 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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