4 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 42 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 Six Flags Over Georgia II, L.P. v. Kull.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Six Flags Over Georgia II, L.P. v. Kull Anchor | green | “where the language of a statute is plain and unambiguous, judicial construction is not only unnecessary but forbidden.” | 18 |
| 2 | Zaldivar v. Prickett | green | “for context, we may look to other provisions of the same statute, the structure and history of the whole statute, and the other law - constitutional, statutory, and common law alike - that forms the legal background of the statutory provision in question.” | 9 |
| 3 | Six Flags Over Georgia II, L.P. v. Kull | green | “is plain and unambiguous, judicial construction is not only unnecessary but forbidden.” | 8 |
| 4 | Tibbles v. Teachers Retirement System of Georgia | green | “the common and customary usages of the words are important, but so is their context.” | 7 |
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.