Statute treatment: 16 U.S.C. § 475

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 120 citation events across 84 distinct cases.

120citations total

84distinct interpreting cases

35distinct courts

2citations in last 5y

1941–2022year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Sierra Club v. Hardin (1971) akd 34 own cites 7× in case

#2 United States v. City & County of Denver Ex Rel. Board of Water Commissioners (1982) colo 49 own cites 3× in case

#3 The Lands Council v. McNair (2008) ca9 541 own cites 1× in case

#4 Montanans for Multiple Use v. Barbouletos (2009) cadc 51 own cites 2× in case

#5 Jerome Otteson v. United States (1980) ca10 264 own cites 1× in case

#6 Wilderness Society v. Alcock (1994) gand 31 own cites 2× in case

#7 Wyoming v. United States Department of Agriculture (2011) ca10 87 own cites 1× in case

#8 Wyoming v. United States Department of Agriculture (2003) wyd 21 own cites 2× in case

#9 Rainsong Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (1997) ca9 21 own cites 2× in case

#10 Minard Run Oil Co. v. United States Forest Service (2011) ca3 77 own cites 1× in case

#11 Mahler v. United States Forest Service (1996) insd 19 own cites 2× in case

#12 Seattle Audubon Society v. Lyons (1994) wawd 61 own cites 1× in case

#13 United States, and State of Idaho, Department of Lands, Intervenor v. E. B. Weiss, James Click, Sr., Orral W. Lake, H. G. King and Orson Baier (1981) ca9 59 own cites 1× in case

#14 Avondale Irrigation District v. North Idaho Properties, Inc. (1978) idaho 17 own cites 2× in case

#15 Mimbres Valley Irrigation Co. v. Salopek (1977) nm 15 own cites 2× in case

#16 Honchok v. Hardin (1971) mdd 8 own cites 3× in case

#17 Wyoming v. United States Department of Agriculture (2008) wyd 13 own cites 2× in case

#18 Minnesota Public Interest Research Group v. Butz (1973) mnd 33 own cites 1× in case

#19 Intermountain Forest Industry Ass'n v. Lyng (1988) wyd 11 own cites 2× in case

#20 Walker v. United States (2008) uscfc 27 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.