Statute treatment: 18 U.S.C. § 1231

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 26 citation events across 18 distinct cases.

26citations total

18distinct interpreting cases

11distinct courts

0citations in last 5y

1971–2017year range

Top 15 leading cases

#1 United States v. Bass (1971) scotus 1,735 own cites 2× in case

#2 McElroy v. United States (1982) scotus 91 own cites 2× in case

#3 United States v. Donald Lavern Culbert (1977) ca9 27 own cites 2× in case

#4 Sarhan v. Holder (2011) ca7 61 own cites 1× in case

#5 Professional Staff Nurses Ass'n v. Dimensions Health Corp. (1996) mdctspecapp 12 own cites 2× in case

#6 Garcia-Garcia v. Sessions (2017) ca1 31 own cites 1× in case

#7 United States v. Ballinger (2002) ca11 29 own cites 1× in case

#8 United States v. Weaver (2011) ca4 28 own cites 1× in case

#9 United States v. Jay Scott Ballinger (2005) ca11 47 own cites 2× in case

#10 People of State of Illinois v. Archer Daniels Midland Company (1983) ca7 12 own cites 1× in case

#11 United States v. Myers (2008) flsd 9 own cites 1× in case

#12 United States v. Jay Scott Ballinger (2002) ca11 2 own cites 3× in case

#13 Duy Dac Ho v. Greene (2000) ca10 11 own cites 2× in case

#14 People of Illinois ex rel. Barra v. Archer Daniels Midland Co. (1983) ca7 11 own cites 1× in case

#15 cluster 767812 (2000) ca10 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.