Statute treatment: 15 U.S.C. § 77s(a)

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 35 citation events across 31 distinct cases.

35citations total

31distinct interpreting cases

14distinct courts

1citations in last 5y

1941–2024year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Shaw v. Digital Equipment Corp. (1996) ca1 832 own cites 1× in case

#2 Checkosky v. Sec (1994) cadc 73 own cites 2× in case

#3 Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Securities and Exchange Commission (1979) cadc 278 own cites 1× in case

#4 Securities & Exchange Commission v. Jerry T. O'Brien, Inc. (1984) scotus 208 own cites 1× in case

#5 David Arazie, Paul Karinsky, William Klein v. Robert E. Mullane, Paul J. Johnson, William E. Chandler (1993) ca7 129 own cites 1× in case

#6 Associates in Adolescent Psychiatry, S.C. v. Home Life Insurance Co. (1991) ca7 89 own cites 1× in case

#7 Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 94,974 United States of America v. Vincent Aloi (1975) ca2 63 own cites 1× in case

#8 Twin Rivers Paper Co. v. SEC. & Exch. Comm'n (2019) cadc 48 own cites 1× in case

#9 Boehm v. United States (1941) ca8 46 own cites 1× in case

#10 American Equity Investment Life Insurance v. Securities & Exchange Commission (2009) cadc 35 own cites 1× in case

#11 Byrnes v. Faulkner, Dawkins & Sullivan (1977) ca2 41 own cites 2× in case

#12 Wielgos v. Commonwealth Edison Co. (1989) ca7 148 own cites 1× in case

#13 Securities & Exchange Commission v. Feminella (1996) nysd 16 own cites 1× in case

#14 Securities & Exchange Commission v. Cenco Inc. (1977) ilnd 15 own cites 1× in case

#15 State of California v. the Little Sisters of the Poor (2019) ca9 13 own cites 1× in case

#16 Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 90,180 William Buck v. U.S. Digital Communications, Inc., and Visual Information Services Corp. (1998) ca7 10 own cites 1× in case

#17 Checkosky v. Securities & Exchange Commission (1994) cadc 25 own cites 2× in case

#18 Byrnes v. Faulkner, Dawkins & Sullivan (1976) nysd 9 own cites 1× in case

#19 C.R.A. Realty Corp. v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (1989) nysd 4 own cites 2× in case

#20 Schouten v. Jakubiak (In re Jakubiak) (2018) wieb 8 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.