Statute treatment: 18 U.S.C. § 1707

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 56 citation events across 41 distinct cases.

56citations total

41distinct interpreting cases

21distinct courts

1citations in last 5y

1949–2021year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 United States v. Charles L. Starr, Jr., and Charles L. Starr, III (1987) ca2 139 own cites 2× in case

#2 State v. Walls (1972) wash 34 own cites 2× in case

#3 Melvin Joseph Conerly v. United States (1965) ca9 15 own cites 3× in case

#4 United States v. Daniel Reid and Theodore E. Thomas, Jr. (1975) ca2 100 own cites 1× in case

#5 United States v. Webber (2008) ca7 77 own cites 1× in case

#6 Laymon Wesley Alsbury v. The United States Postal Service (1976) ca9 51 own cites 1× in case

#7 United States v. Algee (2010) ca6 49 own cites 1× in case

#8 United States v. Recognition Equipment Inc. (1989) dcd 12 own cites 2× in case

#9 Luther M. O'Brien v. United States (1969) ca5 28 own cites 1× in case

#10 United States v. John Louis Crane (1971) ca5 28 own cites 1× in case

#11 John Culberson Smith v. United States (1974) ca5 26 own cites 1× in case

#12 United States v. Cruz Santiago (1993) ca1 26 own cites 1× in case

#13 Albert Lonzo Cantrell v. United States (1969) ca8 22 own cites 1× in case

#14 United States v. Derek Edward Benedict (1996) ca8 19 own cites 1× in case

#15 Bernard Young Smith v. United States (1963) ca10 19 own cites 1× in case

#16 United States v. Sargent (2007) ca9 4 own cites 3× in case

#17 United States v. John Michael Deggs (1980) ca9 3 own cites 3× in case

#18 Ex Parte Sheply (1949) nev 10 own cites 1× in case

#19 United States v. Bobby H. Pursley (1970) ca5 4 own cites 2× in case

#20 United States v. Ronnie Trammel (1987) ca7 6 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.