Statute treatment: 16 U.S.C. § 837a

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 29 citation events across 21 distinct cases.

29citations total

21distinct interpreting cases

4distinct courts

0citations in last 5y

1985–2005year range

Top 16 leading cases

#1 Department of Water and Power of the City of Los Angeles v. Bonneville Power Administration (1985) ca9 38 own cites 3× in case

#2 Puget Sound Power & Light Co. v. United States (1991) cc 16 own cites 3× in case

#3 City of Burbank, California v. United States (2001) cafc 15 own cites 1× in case

#4 California Energy Resources Conservation And Development Commission v. Johnson (1987) ca9 11 own cites 1× in case

#5 California Energy Resources Conservation And Development Commission v. Johnson (1986) ca9 6 own cites 1× in case

#6 cluster 496623 (1987) ca9 6 own cites 1× in case

#7 cluster 541799 (1990) ca9 5 own cites 1× in case

#8 Aluminum Co. of America v. Bonneville Power Administration (1989) ca9 13 own cites 1× in case

#9 Southern California Edison v. United States (2005) uscfc 3 own cites 1× in case

#10 California Energy Resources Conservation & Development Commission v. Johnson (1986) ca9 7 own cites 1× in case

#11 Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp. v. Bonneville Power Administration (2001) ca9 1 own cites 4× in case

#12 Aluminum Co. of America v. Bonneville Power Administration (1989) ca9 3 own cites 1× in case

#13 California Energy Resources Conservation & Development Commission v. Bonneville Power Administration (1987) ca9 2 own cites 1× in case

#14 Conservation v. Johnson (1986) ca9 1 own cites 1× in case

#15 Central Montana Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. v. Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration (1988) ca9 1 own cites 1× in case

#16 Overton Power District No. 5 v. O'Leary (1996) ca9 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.