Statute treatment: 16 U.S.C. § 3801

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 183 citation events across 63 distinct cases.

183citations total

63distinct interpreting cases

25distinct courts

7citations in last 5y

1988–2025year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council (1992) scotus 2,309 own cites 2× in case

#2 Leslie Downer v. United States of America, Acting by and Through the United States Department of Agriculture and Soil Conservation Service (1996) ca8 49 own cites 6× in case

#3 Charles Gunn v. United States Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources Conservation Service (1997) ca8 50 own cites 5× in case

#4 Ballanger v. Johanns (2007) ca8 15 own cites 8× in case

#5 Clark v. United States Department of Agriculture (2008) ca8 16 own cites 7× in case

#6 B & D Land and Livestock Co. v. Schafer (2008) iand 5 own cites 15× in case

#7 Boucher v. U.S. Dep't of Agric. (2019) ca7 9 own cites 8× in case

#8 Dawson Farms, LLC v. Farm Service Agency (2007) ca5 69 own cites 2× in case

#9 Downer v. United States Ex Rel. United States Department of Agriculture & Soil Conservation Service (1995) sdd 4 own cites 12× in case

#10 United States v. Jerry M. Dierckman (2000) ca7 13 own cites 3× in case

#11 W.L. Harris v. United States (1994) ca5 65 own cites 1× in case

#12 Stew Farm, Ltd. v. Natural Resources Conservation Service (2014) ca6 16 own cites 2× in case

#13 Frederick Wuebker and Ruth Wuebker v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue (2000) ca6 14 own cites 2× in case

#14 Keith Barthel Dorothy Barthel v. United States Department of Agriculture, Daniel Glickman, Secretary (1999) ca8 14 own cites 2× in case

#15 Holly Hill Farm Corporation v. United States (2006) ca4 39 own cites 1× in case

#16 Rollin Morehouse v. Commissioner of IRS (2014) ca8 5 own cites 4× in case

#17 Ballanger v. Johanns (2006) iasd 3 own cites 6× in case

#18 cluster 548424 (1990) ca8 10 own cites 2× in case

#19 Dougherty v. Dougherty (1992) sd 10 own cites 2× in case

#20 Branstad v. Glickman (2000) iand 28 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.