Statute treatment: 15 U.S.C. § 80a-3(a)

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 15 citation events across 14 distinct cases.

15citations total

14distinct interpreting cases

11distinct courts

0citations in last 5y

1961–2019year range

Top 13 leading cases

#1 Progress Development Corporation, a Corporation and Modern Community Developers, Inc., a Corporation v. James C. Mitchell (1961) ca7 93 own cites 1× in case

#2 Ufcw Local 1500 Pension Fund v. Marissa Mayer (2018) ca9 36 own cites 1× in case

#3 Townsend Corporation of America v. Davidson (1963) njd 29 own cites 1× in case

#4 Fox v. Prudent Resources Trust (1974) paed 26 own cites 1× in case

#5 Nix v. NASA Federal Credit Union (2016) mdd 20 own cites 1× in case

#6 Jack Eckerd Corp. v. Dart Group Corp. (1985) ded 15 own cites 1× in case

#7 Securities & Exchange Commission v. Illarramendi (2017) ctd 10 own cites 1× in case

#8 Laufer v. Olla Industries, Inc. (1982) nysd 4 own cites 2× in case

#9 Lasker v. Burks (1978) ca2 17 own cites 1× in case

#10 Clemente Global Growth Fund, Inc. v. Pickens (1990) nysd 2 own cites 1× in case

#11 Securities & Exchange Commission v. S & P National Corp. (1966) ca2 4 own cites 1× in case

#12 Securities & Exchange Commission v. Fifth Avenue Coach Lines, Inc. (1970) ca2 4 own cites 1× in case

#13 Olpin v. Ideal National Insurance (1969) ca10 1 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.