Statute treatment: 10 U.S.C. § 2631

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 74 citation events across 38 distinct cases.

74citations total

38distinct interpreting cases

13distinct courts

3citations in last 5y

1963–2026year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Sealift, Inc. v. United States (2008) uscfc 12 own cites 13× in case

#2 Rainbow Navigation, Inc. v. Department of the Navy, Rainbow Navigation, Inc. v. Department of the Navy (1986) cadc 17 own cites 10× in case

#3 Joseph Curran, Individually and on Behalf of All the Members of the National Maritime Union of America, Afl-Cio v. Melvin R. Laird (1969) cadc 70 own cites 2× in case

#4 Lodge 1858, American Federation of Government Employees v. Thomas O. Paine, Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (1970) cadc 58 own cites 2× in case

#5 Craft MacHine Works, Inc. v. The United States (1991) cafc 53 own cites 1× in case

#6 Iceland Steamship Co., Ltd.-Eimskip v. United States Department of the Army (2000) cadc 35 own cites 1× in case

#7 Rainbow Navigation, Inc. v. Department of the Navy (1985) dcd 4 own cites 4× in case

#8 Sea-Land Service, Inc. v. Richard J. Danzig, Secretary of the Navy (2000) cafc 8 own cites 2× in case

#9 Asco-Falcon II Shipping Co. v. United States (1994) uscfc 21 own cites 1× in case

#10 American Maritime Transport, Inc. v. United States (1989) cc 20 own cites 1× in case

#11 United States v. Rockland Steamship Corp. (1963) nysd 5 own cites 2× in case

#12 Transatlantic Lines LLC v. United States (2016) uscfc 5 own cites 2× in case

#13 Rainbow Navigation, Inc. v. Department of the Navy (1988) dcd 9 own cites 1× in case

#14 Asco-Falcon II Shipping Co. v. United States (1989) cc 9 own cites 1× in case

#15 Aeron Marine Shipping Co. v. United States (1981) dcd 8 own cites 1× in case

#16 Autolog Corp. v. Regan (1984) cadc 66 own cites 1× in case

#17 States Marine International, Inc. v. Peterson (1975) cadc 7 own cites 1× in case

#18 American Maritime Ass'n v. Stans (1971) dcd 7 own cites 1× in case

#19 International Ass'n of Firefighters, Local F-100 v. United States Department of Navy, Naval Education & Training Center (1982) rid 7 own cites 1× in case

#20 Rainbow Navigation, Inc. v. Department of the Navy (1990) cadc 5 own cites 1× in case

Ranking method: leading_score = ln(1 + own_citation_count) × √(mentions_in_case) × flag_factor, where flag_factor = 1.0 green · 0.6 unknown · 0.5 neutral · 0.4 yellow · 0.3 procedural · 0 red. Red-flagged cases excluded — their interpretation has been undermined and shouldn't lead the list. Top 20 returned per statute. Open any case for full G Cite, trajectory, and per-circuit treatment.