Statute treatment: 18 U.S.C. § 485

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 44 citation events across 21 distinct cases.

44citations total

21distinct interpreting cases

12distinct courts

1citations in last 5y

1936–2021year range

Top 17 leading cases

#1 United States v. Charles P. Bourassa (1969) ca10 74 own cites 4× in case

#2 United States v. Loren Robie Wilson (1971) ca5 60 own cites 3× in case

#3 United States v. H. Coleman Yeatts (1981) ca5 14 own cites 5× in case

#4 United States v. Eric Nelson Bertram (1983) ca5 6 own cites 9× in case

#5 United States v. Veal (1998) ca11 134 own cites 1× in case

#6 Trevor Drakes v. Charles W. Zimski, Acting Director of Immigration and Naturalization Service Janet Reno, Attorney General (2001) ca3 116 own cites 1× in case

#7 United States v. Perry Reich (2007) ca2 58 own cites 1× in case

#8 United States v. Barney A. Gertz, Owner of 3,827 Coins Being Likenesses of the 1847 'Hapa Haneri' Issued by the Hawaiian Government (1957) ca9 56 own cites 1× in case

#9 United States v. Paul Gary Ratner, A/K/A Richard M. Parlato, A/K/A Michael Lemoine (1972) ca5 16 own cites 2× in case

#10 Dale De Roche v. United States (1964) ca9 14 own cites 2× in case

#11 United States v. Raymond Edward Stacey (1973) ca9 19 own cites 1× in case

#12 United States v. Robert L. Cardillo (1983) ca1 4 own cites 3× in case

#13 United States v. Cowan (1997) ca10 15 own cites 1× in case

#14 United States v. Senatore (1981) paed 5 own cites 2× in case

#15 Anderson v. Rives (1936) cadc 11 own cites 1× in case

#16 United States v. Jonathan Kirschner (2021) ca3 9 own cites 1× in case

#17 Snisky v. Pugh (1997) pamd 6 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.