Statute treatment: 18 U.S.C. § 3502

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 43 citation events across 28 distinct cases.

43citations total

28distinct interpreting cases

16distinct courts

0citations in last 5y

1968–2004year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 United States of America Ex Rel. Cleveland Reed v. Raymond Anderson, Warden, Delaware Correctional Center (1972) ca3 71 own cites 4× in case

#2 United States v. Charles J. Ash, Jr. (1972) cadc 69 own cites 4× in case

#3 United States v. Joseph A. Bundy (1972) cadc 50 own cites 2× in case

#4 United States v. Charles T. Bennett, Wilbert Haywood, Elmer Jessup, Henry Stanton and Farris Thomas (1969) ca2 244 own cites 1× in case

#5 United States v. Henry Albert Smith, United States of America v. Roderick Ashley Smith (1977) ca9 40 own cites 2× in case

#6 People v. Williams (1971) cal 36 own cites 2× in case

#7 United States v. Tyrone Smith, United States of America v. Anthony E. Gartrell (1976) cadc 148 own cites 1× in case

#8 United States v. Antonio Mitchell (1976) ca3 29 own cites 2× in case

#9 United States v. James Russell Rogers and Carl Henry Kent (1972) ca5 14 own cites 3× in case

#10 United States v. Patrick V. (2004) ca1 106 own cites 1× in case

#11 United States v. Leo Junior Valez (1970) ca8 21 own cites 2× in case

#12 Fields v. United States (1977) dc 20 own cites 2× in case

#13 United States v. Patrick Vincent Butler (1970) ca1 63 own cites 1× in case

#14 United States v. Bernard Richard Levi (1968) ca4 52 own cites 1× in case

#15 United States v. James Douglas Davis (1968) ca2 46 own cites 1× in case

#16 United States v. August Serio, Also Known as Delbert Beard (1971) ca6 32 own cites 1× in case

#17 Crenshaw v. State (1971) mdctspecapp 26 own cites 1× in case

#18 United States v. Leonard Johnson and Levi Washington (1972) ca5 9 own cites 2× in case

#19 United States v. Billy Lafayette Burke (1974) ca5 15 own cites 1× in case

#20 United States v. Edmons (1970) ca2 69 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.