Statute treatment: 12 U.S.C. § 1717

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 91 citation events across 63 distinct cases.

91citations total

63distinct interpreting cases

42distinct courts

15citations in last 5y

1975–2026year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Vivian Warren v. Government National Mortgage Association (1980) ca8 62 own cites 4× in case

#2 Crystal Lightfoot v. Cendant Mortgage Corporation (2014) ca9 7 own cites 9× in case

#3 Lightfoot v. Cendant Mortg. Corp. (2017) scotus 194 own cites 1× in case

#4 Montgomery Ward Life Insurance v. Department of Local Government Affairs (1980) illappct 19 own cites 3× in case

#5 Trilisky v. City of Chicago (2019) illappct 36 own cites 2× in case

#6 New York Guardian Mortgagee Corp. v. Cleland (1979) nysd 32 own cites 2× in case

#7 Hefley Ranch, Inc. v. Stewart (1988) coloctapp 16 own cites 3× in case

#8 Drg Funding Corporation v. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (1996) cadc 90 own cites 1× in case

#9 Government National Mortgage Association v. Tyre Lee Terry, Individually, and in His Capacity of Clerk, Superior Court of Cobb County, Georgia (1979) ca5 21 own cites 2× in case

#10 Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Indians of Oklahoma v. United States (1975) cc 57 own cites 1× in case

#11 First Mortgage Corporation v. United States (2020) cafc 16 own cites 2× in case

#12 Ginnine Fried v. JP Morgan Chase & Co (2017) ca3 41 own cites 1× in case

#13 Genanett Alexander v. U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and Carla A. Hills, Secretary (1977) ca7 37 own cites 1× in case

#14 Shawnee Bank, Inc. v. Paige (1997) wva 11 own cites 2× in case

#15 Dickinson v. Suntrust National Mortgage Inc. (2014) ark 11 own cites 2× in case

#16 In Re G-Fees Antitrust Litigation (2008) dcd 27 own cites 1× in case

#17 Pedraza v. United Guaranty Corp. (2000) gasd 26 own cites 1× in case

#18 Peoples Mortgage Co. v. Federal National Mortgage Ass'n (1994) paed 24 own cites 1× in case

#19 The Lomas & Nettleton Company v. Samuel R. Pierce, Jr., Secretary, Department of Housing and Urban Development (1981) ca5 22 own cites 1× in case

#20 Herron v. Fannie Mae (2012) dcd 18 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.