Statute treatment: 18 U.S.C. § 4201-4218

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 119 citation events across 95 distinct cases.

119citations total

95distinct interpreting cases

32distinct courts

1citations in last 5y

1977–2023year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 United States Parole Commission v. Geraghty (1980) scotus 1,903 own cites 2× in case

#2 Mistretta v. United States (1989) scotus 2,443 own cites 1× in case

#3 Charles R. Warren v. United States Parole Commission (1981) cadc 69 own cites 2× in case

#4 Bowers v. Keller (2011) ca11 17 own cites 4× in case

#5 United States v. Cecil Dwayne Evans, Arnold Gene Tate, and Charles Edward Gent, Jr. (1978) ca5 240 own cites 1× in case

#6 Dietz v. United States Parole Commission (2008) ca6 20 own cites 3× in case

#7 William H. Miller v. Federal Bureau of Prisons A.F. Beeler (1993) ca10 12 own cites 4× in case

#8 Terrell v. United States (2009) ca6 151 own cites 1× in case

#9 Otis G. Weeks, Jr. v. J. Michael Quinlan, Warden (1988) ca2 28 own cites 2× in case

#10 James Turner v. United States Parole Commission (1987) ca7 26 own cites 2× in case

#11 Victor Bono v. Michael Benov, Warden, United States Parole Commission (1999) ca9 25 own cites 2× in case

#12 Arias, Rene v. The United States Parole Commission Warden, U. S. Penitentiary, Lewisburg, Pa. (1981) ca3 80 own cites 1× in case

#13 Minor Michael Still v. United States Marshal, United States Parole Commission and Denver Sheriff's Department (1985) ca10 21 own cites 2× in case

#14 Sam Richard Kell v. United States Parole Commission (1994) ca10 70 own cites 1× in case

#15 George I. Benny v. United States Parole Commission (2002) ca9 56 own cites 1× in case

#16 United States v. Edward Bahe (2000) ca9 55 own cites 1× in case

#17 Edward Moore v. W. Raymond Nelson, Warden, Federal Correctional Institution, Danbury, Connecticut (1979) ca2 35 own cites 1× in case

#18 John Priore v. W. Raymond Nelson, Warden, Federal Correctional Institution, Danbury, Connecticut, and Cecil McCall Chairman, U. S. Parole Commission (1980) ca2 35 own cites 1× in case

#19 Frank Malave v. Bill Hedrick, Warden U.S. Parole Commission (2001) ca8 34 own cites 1× in case

#20 John S. Marshall v. W. L. Garrison, Warden, Maurice Sigler, Chairman, U.S. Parole Commission (1981) ca4 33 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.