Statute treatment: 12 U.S.C. § 1709

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 213 citation events across 119 distinct cases.

213citations total

119distinct interpreting cases

69distinct courts

7citations in last 5y

1938–2026year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 United States v. Locke (1985) scotus 832 own cites 4× in case

#2 James and Joyce Ferrell v. Samuel R. Pierce, Secretary of Department of Housing and Urban Development (1984) ca7 46 own cites 6× in case

#3 United States v. Neustadt (1961) scotus 566 own cites 2× in case

#4 Cason v. United States (1974) mowd 11 own cites 11× in case

#5 Brown v. Lynn (1974) ilnd 53 own cites 4× in case

#6 Wash. State Hous. Fin. Comm'n v. Nat'l Homebuyers Fund, Inc. (2019) wash 20 own cites 6× in case

#7 United States v. Harry Bernstein (1976) ca2 188 own cites 2× in case

#8 La Throp v. Bell Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n (1977) ill 129 own cites 2× in case

#9 Darby v. Cisneros (1993) scotus 579 own cites 1× in case

#10 United States v. Stanley S. Neustadt and Rose-Barbara Y. Neustadt (1960) ca4 21 own cites 4× in case

#11 Jay F. Zook, Inc. v. Brownstein (1965) ohnd 4 own cites 13× in case

#12 Shillman v. Hobstetter (1968) md 57 own cites 2× in case

#13 Partners in Charity, Inc. v. Commissioner (2013) tax 14 own cites 4× in case

#14 Fleet Real Estate Funding Corp. v. Smith (1987) pa 43 own cites 2× in case

#15 Miners Nat'l Bank v. Commissioner (1959) tax 15 own cites 3× in case

#16 Rita M. Anderson v. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (1983) ca10 28 own cites 2× in case

#17 Ray B. Woodbury v. United States (1963) ca9 95 own cites 1× in case

#18 Angleton v. Pierce (1983) njd 24 own cites 2× in case

#19 Metropolitan Area Housing Alliance v. United States Department of Housing & Urban Development (1976) ilnd 22 own cites 2× in case

#20 United States v. Peterson (2008) ca9 80 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.