Statute treatment: 15 U.S.C. § 1691b

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 27 citation events across 23 distinct cases.

27citations total

23distinct interpreting cases

21distinct courts

2citations in last 5y

1980–2024year range

Top 17 leading cases

#1 Richard A. Batterton, Secretary of Employment & Social Services of the State of Maryland v. F. Ray Marshall, Secretary of Labor (1980) cadc 286 own cites 1× in case

#2 BayBank v. Bornhofft (1998) mass 19 own cites 3× in case

#3 Virginia F. Miller v. American Express Company (1982) ca9 22 own cites 2× in case

#4 Terry S. Fischl v. General Motors Acceptance Corporation (1983) ca5 69 own cites 1× in case

#5 RL BB Acquisition, LLC v. Bridgemill Commons Development Group, LLC (2014) ca6 48 own cites 1× in case

#6 Spottiswoode v. Levine (1999) me 42 own cites 1× in case

#7 Morse v. Mutual Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n of Whitman (1982) mad 36 own cites 1× in case

#8 Regions Bank v. Legal Outsource PA (2019) ca11 33 own cites 1× in case

#9 Marine American State Bank of Bloomington v. Lincoln (1988) iowa 25 own cites 1× in case

#10 Farris v. Jefferson Bank (In Re Farris) (1996) paeb 17 own cites 1× in case

#11 Cragin v. First Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n (1980) nvd 12 own cites 1× in case

#12 United States v. Itt Consumer Financial Corporation, and Aetna Finance Company, Delaware Corporations (1987) ca9 11 own cites 1× in case

#13 United States v. Beneficial Corp. (1980) njd 7 own cites 1× in case

#14 Evans v. First Federal Savings Bank of Indiana (1987) innd 7 own cites 1× in case

#15 Bruce Thompson and Paula Forney-Thompson v. Galles Chevrolet Company and General Motors Acceptance Corporation, Defendants (1986) ca10 6 own cites 1× in case

#16 Vietinghoff v. Miami Beach Federal Credit Union (1995) fladistctapp 3 own cites 1× in case

#17 Westbrooks v. FNB United Corp. (In Re Westbrooks) (2010) ncmb 2 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.