Statute treatment: 18 U.S.C. § 17

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 785 citation events across 396 distinct cases.

785citations total

396distinct interpreting cases

81distinct courts

85citations in last 5y

1987–2025year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 United States v. Bridget M. Denny-Shaffer (1993) ca10 66 own cites 22× in case

#2 Shannon v. United States (1994) scotus 360 own cites 10× in case

#3 United States v. Karen Cameron (1990) ca11 167 own cites 12× in case

#4 United States v. Long (2009) ca5 15 own cites 22× in case

#5 State v. Mott (1997) ariz 157 own cites 6× in case

#6 Dixon v. United States (2006) scotus 392 own cites 4× in case

#7 United States v. James A. Kimes (2001) ca6 89 own cites 6× in case

#8 United States v. Willie George Childress (1995) cadc 195 own cites 4× in case

#9 Foucha v. Louisiana (1992) scotus 1,263 own cites 2× in case

#10 United States v. John David Bartlett (1988) ca8 120 own cites 4× in case

#11 United States v. Cartagena-Carrasquillo (1995) ca1 47 own cites 6× in case

#12 United States v. Alvin Omega Owens (1988) ca11 46 own cites 6× in case

#13 United States v. Peter Elliot West (1992) ca7 20 own cites 8× in case

#14 State v. Holder (1999) tenncrimapp 422 own cites 2× in case

#15 United States v. James Henry Clark (2002) ca6 18 own cites 8× in case

#16 United States v. Kenneth McBroom (1997) ca3 55 own cites 4× in case

#17 State v. Phipps (1994) tenncrimapp 289 own cites 2× in case

#18 People v. Coddington (2000) cal 286 own cites 2× in case

#19 United States v. Bruce R. Black, Cross-Appellee (1997) ca7 52 own cites 4× in case

#20 United States v. Alvin Reed Long Crow (1994) ca8 46 own cites 4× 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.