Statute treatment: 18 U.S.C. § 3013

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 879 citation events across 568 distinct cases.

879citations total

568distinct interpreting cases

53distinct courts

51citations in last 5y

1985–2025year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Sundstrand Corp. v. Commissioner (1992) tax 1,319 own cites 8× in case

#2 United States v. Munoz-Flores (1990) scotus 183 own cites 6× in case

#3 Ianniello v. Comm'r (1992) tax 61 own cites 8× in case

#4 Rutledge v. United States (1996) scotus 817 own cites 3× in case

#5 United States v. Edward Tholl (1990) ca7 38 own cites 9× in case

#6 United States v. Gilbert Espinoza-Seanez, Ernesto Espinoza-Seanez and Raul Lazarin-Becerra (1989) ca5 132 own cites 4× in case

#7 United States v. Charles E. Mayberry (1985) ca10 47 own cites 5× in case

#8 United States v. Anthony J. Gricco, William T. McCardell in 00-2179 (2002) ca3 74 own cites 4× in case

#9 United States v. William Howard Newman (1989) ca6 72 own cites 4× in case

#10 United States v. Jose Pacheco-Alvarado (2015) ca5 28 own cites 6× in case

#11 United States v. Diaz (1999) ca2 291 own cites 2× in case

#12 Ramee Jamal Shah, Aka: Eddie Harris, Jr. v. United States (1989) ca9 269 own cites 2× in case

#13 United States v. Edwin Pagan (1986) ca2 74 own cites 3× in case

#14 United States v. Williams (2008) scotus 1,631 own cites 1× in case

#15 United States v. Kenneth King (1987) ca4 38 own cites 4× in case

#16 United States v. Roland P. Herrada (1989) ca5 12 own cites 8× in case

#17 United States v. Billy Lee Kaufman (1989) ca9 23 own cites 5× in case

#18 United States v. Paul H. \Bud\" Holmes" (1987) ca5 32 own cites 4× in case

#19 United States v. Greene (1989) paed 9 own cites 9× in case

#20 United States v. Dennis Chan Lai, United States of America v. Silas Brandon (1991) ca9 117 own cites 2× 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.