Statute treatment: 16 U.S.C. § 1531-1543

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 95 citation events across 81 distinct cases.

95citations total

81distinct interpreting cases

31distinct courts

1citations in last 5y

1978–2023year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Myron G. Sammons and Dorothy Sammons, Petitioners-Appellees/cross-Appellants v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Cross-Appellee (1988) ca9 87 own cites 2× in case

#2 Sierra Club and Defenders of Wildlife v. William P. Clark, as Secretary of the Interior and the Department of the Interior (1985) ca8 72 own cites 2× in case

#3 United States v. Timothy Cofield (1994) ca4 43 own cites 2× in case

#4 Railway Labor Executives' Association v. Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Co., Interstate Commerce Commission, Intervenor (1988) ca3 41 own cites 2× in case

#5 Boundary Backpackers v. Boundary County (1996) idaho 40 own cites 2× in case

#6 Hammond v. North Slope Borough (1982) alaska 34 own cites 2× in case

#7 Defenders of Wildlife Southwest Center for Biological Diversity v. Mike Bernal Robert Smith, Dr.,superintendent Board (2000) ca9 131 own cites 1× in case

#8 Fouke Co. v. Brown (1979) caed 14 own cites 3× in case

#9 Thomas v. Peterson (1985) ca9 91 own cites 1× in case

#10 Sierra Club v. Marsh (1987) ca9 75 own cites 1× in case

#11 Carlos Romero-Barcelo, Etc. v. Harold Brown (1981) ca1 72 own cites 1× in case

#12 cluster 527873 (1989) ca8 14 own cites 2× in case

#13 Glover River Organization, an Oklahoma Non-Profit Corporation v. United States Department of the Interior (1982) ca10 43 own cites 1× in case

#14 Sierra Club v. Cecil D. Andrus, Secretary of the Interior and James T. Lynn, Director of Office of Management and Budget (1978) cadc 41 own cites 1× in case

#15 cluster 509354 (1988) ca9 33 own cites 1× in case

#16 Village of False Pass v. Watt (1983) akd 25 own cites 1× in case

#17 Man Hing Ivory and Imports, Inc., a California Corporation v. George Deukmejian, Governor of the State of California (1983) ca9 24 own cites 1× in case

#18 Defenders of Wildlife v. Secretary, United States Department of the Interior (2005) ord 19 own cites 1× in case

#19 Good v. United States (1997) uscfc 18 own cites 1× in case

#20 United States v. Moon Lake Electric Ass'n, Inc. (1999) cod 16 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.