3 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 40 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 Farrington v. Total Petroleum, Inc..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Farrington v. Total Petroleum, Inc. Anchor | green | “courts cannot assume that the legislature inadvertently omitted from one statute the language that it placed in another statute, and then, on the basis of that assumption, apply what is not there.” | 31 |
| 2 | Farrington v. Total Petroleum, Inc. | green | “cannot assume that the legislature inadvertently omitted from one statute the language that it placed in another statute, and then, on the basis of that assumption, apply what is not there.” | 6 |
| 3 | City of Detroit v. Township of Redford | green | “courts cannot attach provisions not found therein to an act of the legislature because they have been incorporated in other similar acts.” | 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.