Statute treatment: 18 U.S.C. § 2510-22

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 101 citation events across 85 distinct cases.

101citations total

85distinct interpreting cases

29distinct courts

2citations in last 5y

1995–2022year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Glazner v. Glazner (2003) ca11 33 own cites 5× in case

#2 American Civil Liberties Union v. National Security Agency (2007) ca6 122 own cites 2× in case

#3 United States v. Jiau (2013) ca2 56 own cites 2× in case

#4 Quigley v. Rosenthal (2003) ca10 55 own cites 2× in case

#5 United States of America, Plaintiff--Defendant. v. Bryan Lee Killingsworth (1997) ca10 44 own cites 2× in case

#6 United States v. Martin, Troy (2010) ca7 33 own cites 2× in case

#7 United States v. Green (1999) ca10 142 own cites 1× in case

#8 United States v. Verdin-Garcia (2008) ca10 139 own cites 1× in case

#9 United States v. Ulbricht (2017) ca2 134 own cites 1× in case

#10 United States v. VanMeter (2002) ca10 30 own cites 2× in case

#11 Microsoft Corp. v. United States (2016) ca2 29 own cites 2× in case

#12 Jane Doe v. Jason Smith (2005) ca7 118 own cites 1× in case

#13 Troy Martin v. United States (2015) ca7 104 own cites 1× in case

#14 United States v. Marcus Freeman (2013) ca6 97 own cites 1× in case

#15 United States v. Emilio Corona-Chavez (2003) ca8 22 own cites 2× in case

#16 United States v. Iiland (2001) ca10 82 own cites 1× in case

#17 United States v. Iris Collette Jackson Dwight Dean Jackson (2000) ca10 81 own cites 1× in case

#18 United States v. Burgos-Montes (2015) ca1 78 own cites 1× in case

#19 United States v. Castillo-Garcia (1997) ca10 67 own cites 1× in case

#20 DirecTV, Inc. v. Griffin (2003) flmd 58 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.