Statute treatment: 15 U.S.C. § 1122

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 60 citation events across 31 distinct cases.

60citations total

31distinct interpreting cases

18distinct courts

8citations in last 5y

1993–2025year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 College Savings Bank v. Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board (1999) scotus 1,356 own cites 4× in case

#2 Denise Chavez, United States of America, Intervenor v. Arte Publico Press Nicolas Kanellos University of Houston (1998) ca5 19 own cites 8× in case

#3 cluster 749312 (1997) ca2 56 own cites 2× in case

#4 Adam Barbour v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, United States of America, Intervenor (2004) cadc 40 own cites 2× in case

#5 Davis v. United States (2015) uscfc 11 own cites 4× in case

#6 Milo Shammas v. Margaret Focarino (2015) ca4 20 own cites 2× in case

#7 Denise Chavez, United States of America, Intervenor v. Arte Publico Press Nicolas Kanellos University of Houston (1998) ca5 10 own cites 3× in case

#8 Trusted Integration, Inc. v. United States (2010) dcd 9 own cites 3× in case

#9 Kentucky Mist Moonshine, Inc. v. University of Kentucky (2016) kyed 11 own cites 2× in case

#10 College Savings Bank v. Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board (1996) njd 24 own cites 1× in case

#11 Fuld v. Palestine Liberation Organization (2023) ca2 17 own cites 1× in case

#12 Denise Chavez v. Arte Publico Press (1995) ca5 16 own cites 1× in case

#13 Chavez v. Arte Publico Press (2000) ca5 16 own cites 2× in case

#14 Unix System Laboratories, Inc. v. Berkeley Software Design, Inc. (1993) njd 10 own cites 1× in case

#15 MCI Telecommunications Corp. v. Illinois Bell Telephone Co. (2000) ca7 28 own cites 1× in case

#16 Arecibo Community Health Care, Inc. v. Puerto Rico (2001) ca1 6 own cites 1× in case

#17 Idaho Potato Commission v. M & M Produce Farms & Sales (1999) nysd 6 own cites 1× in case

#18 Idaho Potato Commission v. M & M Produce Farms & Sales (2000) nysd 5 own cites 1× in case

#19 Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University v. Hokie Real Estate, Inc. (2011) vawd 4 own cites 1× in case

#20 College Savings Bank v. Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Board (1997) ca3 1 own cites 2× 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.