Statute treatment: 16 U.S.C. § 1

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 522 citation events across 285 distinct cases.

522citations total

285distinct interpreting cases

59distinct courts

3citations in last 5y

1937–2025year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Clark v. Community for Creative Non-Violence (1984) scotus 1,831 own cites 4× in case

#2 Sierra Club v. Mainella (2012) dcd 371 own cites 5× in case

#3 cluster 717564 (1996) ca9 73 own cites 6× in case

#4 Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance v. Dabney (2000) ca10 42 own cites 5× in case

#5 United States v. Garfield County (2000) utd 15 own cites 8× in case

#6 United States v. City & County of Denver Ex Rel. Board of Water Commissioners (1982) colo 49 own cites 4× in case

#7 Blackburn v. United States (1996) ca9 196 own cites 2× in case

#8 Sierra Club v. Andrus (1980) dcd 24 own cites 5× in case

#9 Nell D. Autery, as Administratrix of the Estate of Roy Franklin Autery Charlotte Schreiner v. United States (1993) ca11 154 own cites 2× in case

#10 Donna Young v. United States (2014) ca9 59 own cites 3× in case

#11 United States v. Barry L. Brown (2004) ca11 59 own cites 3× in case

#12 Terbush v. United States (2008) ca9 137 own cites 2× in case

#13 Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance v. National Park Service (2005) utd 8 own cites 10× in case

#14 Childers v. United States (1993) mtd 8 own cites 10× in case

#15 San Juan County, Utah v. United States (2007) ca10 127 own cites 2× in case

#16 National Park Hospitality Association v. Department of the Interior (2003) scotus 911 own cites 1× in case

#17 Sierra Club v. Babbitt (1999) caed 20 own cites 5× in case

#18 Buono v. Kempthorne (2008) ca9 14 own cites 6× in case

#19 Kendra Summers, a Minor, and Frederick J. Summers, Guardian Ad Litem v. United States (1990) ca9 103 own cites 2× in case

#20 Alaska v. United States (2005) scotus 24 own cites 4× 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.