Statute treatment: 18 U.S.C. § 2265

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 407 citation events across 275 distinct cases.

407citations total

275distinct interpreting cases

59distinct courts

216citations in last 5y

1995–2025year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Amendments to the Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure & Family Law Forms (2000) fla 57 own cites 12× in case

#2 United States v. Coccia (2006) ca1 90 own cites 3× in case

#3 Joy Spurr v. Melissa Lopez Pope (2019) ca6 11 own cites 9× in case

#4 State v. Colvin (2002) minn 64 own cites 2× in case

#5 Becker v. Johnson (2006) fladistctapp 6 own cites 8× in case

#6 State v. Esquivel (2006) washctapp 4 own cites 10× in case

#7 United States v. Thompson (2019) ca2 11 own cites 4× in case

#8 United States v. Lankford (1999) ca5 113 own cites 1× in case

#9 Castle v. Castle (2019) kyctapp 25 own cites 2× in case

#10 Fox v. Fox (2014) vt 23 own cites 2× in case

#11 Amendments to the Florida Family Law Rules (1998) fla 12 own cites 3× in case

#12 Carfagno v. Carfagno (1995) njsuperctappdiv 68 own cites 1× in case

#13 Commonwealth v. Shangkuan (2011) massappct 18 own cites 2× in case

#14 MILNE v. HUDSON (2022) okla 6 own cites 4× in case

#15 Shah v. Shah (2005) nj 32 own cites 1× in case

#16 Amendments to Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Forms-Sexual Violence Forms (2004) fla 2 own cites 10× in case

#17 Commonwealth v. Shea (2014) mass 24 own cites 1× in case

#18 Melissa G. v. Raymond M. (2018) calctapp5d 23 own cites 1× in case

#19 State v. Culbreath (2021) conn 21 own cites 1× in case

#20 State v. Douglas C. (2022) conn 17 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.