Statute treatment: 18 U.S.C. § 1345

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 362 citation events across 128 distinct cases.

362citations total

128distinct interpreting cases

46distinct courts

79citations in last 5y

1986–2025year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 United States v. Barnes (1996) iand 17 own cites 26× in case

#2 United States v. Gold Star Medical Services (1999) ca11 163 own cites 8× in case

#3 Medicare & Medicaid Guide P 41,325 United States of America v. Clyde D. Brown Sharon Brown and Clyde D. Brown, M.D. And Associates, Inc. (1993) ca6 22 own cites 16× in case

#4 United States v. William Savran & Associates, Inc. (1991) nyed 15 own cites 18× in case

#5 United States v. Weingold (1994) njd 8 own cites 22× in case

#6 United States v. N.Y.C. Hous. Auth. (2018) ilsd 10 own cites 8× in case

#7 United States v. Fang (1996) mdd 10 own cites 7× in case

#8 United States v. Arthur G. Cohen, and Steven M. Terk Marvin B. Tepper Lawrence M. Goodman Ilyne R. Mendelson (1998) ca4 9 own cites 6× in case

#9 United States v. Ritchie Special Credit Investments, Ltd. (2010) ca8 41 own cites 2× in case

#10 United States v. American Heart Research Foundation, Inc. (1993) ca1 20 own cites 3× in case

#11 Uncle B's Bakery, Inc. v. O'ROURKE (1996) iand 37 own cites 2× in case

#12 Barri v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd. (2018) calctapp5d 18 own cites 3× in case

#13 United States v. Sriram (2001) ilnd 7 own cites 6× in case

#14 United States v. Quadro Corp. (1996) txed 4 own cites 9× in case

#15 Estate of Jamis J. Lott v. Robin O'Neill (2017) vt 4 own cites 8× in case

#16 United States v. Hopkins (2019) ca10 23 own cites 2× in case

#17 United States v. Hartbrodt (1991) iasd 12 own cites 3× in case

#18 United States v. Williams (2007) flmd 7 own cites 4× in case

#19 United States v. Livdahl (2005) flsd 4 own cites 6× in case

#20 United States of America, and Claremont Properties, Inc., Intervenor/plaintiff-Appellant v. Jannette E. Durham (1996) ca5 41 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.