Statute treatment: 18 U.S.C. § 3105

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 122 citation events across 77 distinct cases.

122citations total

77distinct interpreting cases

35distinct courts

11citations in last 5y

1953–2024year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Tawa Ayeni v. James Mottola (1994) ca2 109 own cites 3× in case

#2 Lorraine I. Bills v. Dennis W. Aseltine (1992) ca6 74 own cites 3× in case

#3 United States v. Arvle Edgar Medlin (1988) ca10 150 own cites 2× in case

#4 Wilson v. Layne (1998) ca4 117 own cites 2× in case

#5 United States v. Thomas W. Martin, III and Eva Joe Stancil (1979) ca5 47 own cites 3× in case

#6 Commonwealth v. Sbordone (1997) mass 109 own cites 2× in case

#7 United States v. Dale Robert Bach (2002) ca8 36 own cites 3× in case

#8 United States v. Gannon (1961) mad 15 own cites 4× in case

#9 United States v. Frank Gervato (1973) ca3 48 own cites 2× in case

#10 United States v. Meger Sigal, United States of America v. Abe Rabinovitz (1965) ca3 38 own cites 2× in case

#11 United States v. Rafael Soriano (1973) ca5 36 own cites 2× in case

#12 Buonocore v. Harris (1995) ca4 121 own cites 3× in case

#13 Warner Bros. Inc., J. Joseph Bainton, Esquire v. Dae Rim Trading, Inc., and Yun Yon Cho (1989) ca2 92 own cites 1× in case

#14 United States v. William Bruce Hare (1979) ca6 87 own cites 1× in case

#15 United States v. George Anthony Stewart (1989) ca10 83 own cites 1× in case

#16 United States v. Maurice Clouston (1980) ca6 20 own cites 2× in case

#17 United States v. Thomas D. Clancy, James F. Prindable and Donald Kastner (1960) ca7 69 own cites 1× in case

#18 In Re Southeastern Equipment Co. Search Warrant (1990) gasd 7 own cites 4× in case

#19 United States v. Sanusi (1992) nyed 17 own cites 2× in case

#20 United States v. George Raymond Wright (1982) ca9 56 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.