Statute treatment: 18 U.S.C. § 3290

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 256 citation events across 131 distinct cases.

256citations total

131distinct interpreting cases

42distinct courts

2citations in last 5y

1956–2024year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 United States v. Phillip Rae Morgan (1991) ca10 56 own cites 12× in case

#2 Elijah Ephraim Jhirad v. Thomas E. Ferrandina, United States Marshal, Southern District of New York (1976) ca2 165 own cites 6× in case

#3 Michel v. Louisiana (1956) scotus 2,730 own cites 2× in case

#4 United States v. Jose D. Florez (2006) ca2 196 own cites 4× in case

#5 United States v. John Peter McGoff (1987) cadc 67 own cites 6× in case

#6 United States v. Bailey (1980) scotus 1,317 own cites 2× in case

#7 United States v. Delfino De Leon-Ramirez (2019) ca4 438 own cites 2× in case

#8 United States v. Santos Hernan Rivera-Ventura (1995) ca2 95 own cites 3× in case

#9 State v. MacArthur (2008) wis 13 own cites 8× in case

#10 United States v. Daniel James Fowlie (1994) ca9 27 own cites 4× in case

#11 The Black Panther Party v. William French Smith, Attorney General of the United States (1981) cadc 107 own cites 2× in case

#12 Elijah Ephraim Jhirad v. Thomas E. Ferrandina, United States Marshal, Southern District of New York (1973) ca2 42 own cites 3× in case

#13 Avelino Cruz Martinez v. United States (2016) ca6 12 own cites 6× in case

#14 In the Matter of Extradition of Sven Ulf Ingemar Assarsson (1982) ca8 36 own cites 3× in case

#15 United States v. MacIo Singleton (1983) cadc 78 own cites 2× in case

#16 United States v. Stephen Gonsalves (1982) ca9 65 own cites 2× in case

#17 United States v. Jeffrey A. Greever (1998) ca6 28 own cites 3× in case

#18 United States v. Darryl Vowiell (1989) ca9 55 own cites 2× in case

#19 United States v. Guadalupe Ballesteros-Cordova (1978) ca9 25 own cites 3× in case

#20 Gerald Joseph Caplan v. Thomas R. Vokes, 1 in His Capacity as United States Marshal, and Alexander M. Haig, United States Secretary of State (1981) ca9 51 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.