Statute treatment: 18 U.S.C. § 2383

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 42 citation events across 33 distinct cases.

42citations total

33distinct interpreting cases

19distinct courts

15citations in last 5y

1957–2026year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Cynthia King v. United States Department of Justice (1987) cadc 582 own cites 2× in case

#2 Licci Ex Rel. Licci v. Lebanese Canadian Bank, SAL (2012) ca2 465 own cites 1× in case

#3 John Doe v. Federal Bureau of Investigation, John Doe v. Federal Bureau of Investigation (1991) cadc 68 own cites 2× in case

#4 Donald Williams v. Federal Bureau of Investigation and United States Department of Justice (1995) cadc 124 own cites 1× in case

#5 J. Gary Shaw v. Federal Bureau of Investigation (1984) cadc 61 own cites 1× in case

#6 Anderson v. Griswold (2023) colo 5 own cites 5× in case

#7 Pugh v. SOCIALIST PEOPLE'S LIBRYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA (2008) dcd 41 own cites 1× in case

#8 Dunaway v. Webster (1981) cand 40 own cites 1× in case

#9 Tamara Fields v. Twitter, Inc. (2018) ca9 34 own cites 1× in case

#10 Socialist Workers Party v. Attorney General of United States (1986) nysd 32 own cites 1× in case

#11 Friedman v. Federal Bureau of Investigation (1984) gand 10 own cites 2× in case

#12 Estates of Ungar & Ungar v. Palestinian Authority (2004) rid 25 own cites 1× in case

#13 United States v. Simon Silverman, A.K.A. Sid Taylor, Joseph Dimow, Robert Champion Ekins, Jacob Goldring, and Martha Stone, A.K.A. Mrs. Emil Asher (1957) ca2 23 own cites 1× in case

#14 Linde v. Arab Bank, PLC (2015) nyed 17 own cites 1× in case

#15 Boim v. Quranic Literacy Institute (2001) ilnd 14 own cites 1× in case

#16 Wilkinson v. Federal Bureau of Investigation (1986) cacd 13 own cites 1× in case

#17 Smith v. Meyers (2012) ded 13 own cites 1× in case

#18 Padilla v. Hanft (2005) scd 9 own cites 1× in case

#19 Bilbro v. Haley (2017) scd 4 own cites 1× in case

#20 Hedges v. Obama (2012) nysd 3 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.