Statute treatment: 16 U.S.C. § 3831

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 47 citation events across 31 distinct cases.

47citations total

31distinct interpreting cases

17distinct courts

5citations in last 5y

1988–2023year range

Top 18 leading cases

#1 People v. Pitman (2004) ill 344 own cites 2× in case

#2 Patrick Esch v. Clayton K. Yeutter, Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture (1989) cadc 295 own cites 1× in case

#3 William E. Willis, II v. Department of Agriculture (1998) cafc 103 own cites 1× in case

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

#5 Mark Mittelstadt v. Sonny Perdue (2019) ca7 5 own cites 4× in case

#6 Welty v. United States (2019) cafc 22 own cites 1× in case

#7 In Re Waters (1988) ianb 20 own cites 1× in case

#8 In Re Cloverleaf Farmer's Cooperative (1990) sdb 19 own cites 1× in case

#9 Matter of Butz (1988) iasb 12 own cites 1× in case

#10 Rollin Morehouse v. Commissioner of IRS (2014) ca8 5 own cites 2× in case

#11 WUEBKER v. COMMISSIONER (1998) tax 5 own cites 2× in case

#12 Eastern Colorado Bank v. Harvie (In Re Harvie) (1988) cob 11 own cites 1× in case

#13 Schiewe v. Farwell (1992) idahoctapp 3 own cites 2× in case

#14 Cottrell v. Vilsack (2013) cadc 6 own cites 1× in case

#15 Beard v. Glickman (2001) cacd 2 own cites 1× in case

#16 Cottrell v. United States (2006) uscfc 2 own cites 1× in case

#17 Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. v. Hartwig (1990) iowa 1 own cites 1× in case

#18 North Dakota ex rel. Board of University & School Lands v. Yeutter (1989) ndd 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.