Statute treatment: 18 U.S.C. § 3141

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 550 citation events across 480 distinct cases.

550citations total

480distinct interpreting cases

105distinct courts

64citations in last 5y

1951–2026year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 State v. FERNANDO A. (2009) conn 73 own cites 6× in case

#2 Reno v. Koray (1995) scotus 686 own cites 2× in case

#3 Jennings v. Rodriguez (2018) scotus 1,353 own cites 1× in case

#4 United States v. Antonio Jose Hurtado, Mark Anthony Olson, Diego Alonzo Flores-Soto, Hector Albert Rua and Jose Pita Andrade (1985) ca11 122 own cites 2× in case

#5 United States v. Connie M. Handy (1985) ca9 86 own cites 2× in case

#6 Kaley v. United States (2014) scotus 497 own cites 1× in case

#7 United States v. Roberto Hernandez, United States of America v. Jose Lopez-Leyva (1986) cadc 73 own cites 2× in case

#8 United States v. Frances King (1988) ca11 68 own cites 2× in case

#9 State v. Habeeb Robinson(078900) (Essex County and Statewide) (2017) nj 65 own cites 2× in case

#10 United States v. Melvin Williams, United States of America v. Glenn Moore Hawkins (1985) ca4 59 own cites 2× in case

#11 United States v. Mark Jessup (1985) ca1 232 own cites 1× in case

#12 United States v. Stephen Quartermaine (1990) ca11 45 own cites 2× in case

#13 United States v. Anthony Salerno and Vincent Cafaro (1986) ca2 44 own cites 2× in case

#14 United States v. Gary Stewart (1997) cadc 43 own cites 2× in case

#15 United States v. Cannistraro, Richard (1989) ca3 39 own cites 2× in case

#16 United States v. Samuel Scott Raymer (1991) ca10 142 own cites 1× in case

#17 Brittan Holland v. Kelly Rosen (2018) ca3 137 own cites 1× in case

#18 United States v. Cisneros (2003) ca10 125 own cites 1× in case

#19 United States v. Gerald Smith (1996) cadc 123 own cites 1× in case

#20 United States v. Anderson (2005) dcd 29 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.