Statute treatment: 12 U.S.C. § 371

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 161 citation events across 91 distinct cases.

161citations total

91distinct interpreting cases

53distinct courts

18citations in last 5y

1936–2025year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Watters v. Wachovia Bank, N. A. (2007) scotus 1,852 own cites 6× in case

#2 Fortner Enterprises, Inc. v. United States Steel Corp. (1969) scotus 545 own cites 2× in case

#3 Cuomo v. Clearing House Ass'n, LLC (2009) scotus 165 own cites 2× in case

#4 National City Bank of Indiana v. Turnbaugh (2005) mdd 14 own cites 6× in case

#5 Stenehjem v. Kyn Jin Cho (1981) alaska 20 own cites 4× in case

#6 Akopyan v. Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc. (2013) calctapp 23 own cites 3× in case

#7 Perdue v. Crocker National Bank (1985) cal 227 own cites 1× in case

#8 United States v. Baron Dehirsch Meyer, Leonard L. Abess, W. George Kennedy and Sam R. Becker (1959) ca5 20 own cites 3× in case

#9 Wachovia Bank, N.A. v. Burke (2004) ctd 9 own cites 4× in case

#10 Ellsworth v. U.S. Bank, N.A. (2012) cand 24 own cites 2× in case

#11 Conference of State Bank Supervisors v. C. Todd Conover, Comptroller of the Currency of the United States (1983) cadc 21 own cites 2× in case

#12 Clearing House Association, LLC v. Cuomo (2007) ca2 19 own cites 2× in case

#13 Young v. Wells Fargo & Co. (2009) iasd 19 own cites 2× in case

#14 Martinez v. Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc. (2010) ca9 61 own cites 1× in case

#15 Mayfield v. First Nat. Bank of Chattanooga, Tenn. (1943) ca6 16 own cites 2× in case

#16 Smith v. BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP (2011) wvsd 15 own cites 2× in case

#17 Wachovia Bank, N.A. v. Burke (2005) ca2 96 own cites 2× in case

#18 Ross v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. (2013) mad 8 own cites 3× in case

#19 Securities Industry Ass'n v. Clarke (1989) ca2 15 own cites 5× in case

#20 First Agricultural National Bank of Berkshire County v. State Tax Commission (1967) mass 30 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.