Statute treatment: 18 U.S.C. § 500

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 282 citation events across 190 distinct cases.

282citations total

190distinct interpreting cases

37distinct courts

2citations in last 5y

1951–2023year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 United States v. J. W. Prewitt (1977) ca7 53 own cites 5× in case

#2 United States v. Robert Earl Hines (1984) ca10 11 own cites 11× in case

#3 United States v. Latroy D. Ray, Johnny Lee May, and Boyd McChristion (1987) ca7 96 own cites 3× in case

#4 United States v. Juan Manuel Tovar (1982) ca8 27 own cites 5× in case

#5 United States Postal Service v. American Postal Workers Union, Afl-Cio (1984) ca1 57 own cites 3× in case

#6 United States v. Charles Barnhart (1992) ca3 54 own cites 3× in case

#7 Morris Wilbur Lee v. United States (1968) ca9 52 own cites 3× in case

#8 United States v. Robert Earl Dowd (2006) ca11 120 own cites 2× in case

#9 United States v. Larry Weaver and Mark Schmanke, United States of America v. Everett Decker, Jerald Jessup and Michael Bailey (1989) ca7 88 own cites 2× in case

#10 United States v. Judith Tomlinson Bullock and Roy Rodriguez, Jr. (1971) ca5 83 own cites 2× in case

#11 John Eugene Kniess v. United States (1969) ca9 20 own cites 4× in case

#12 United States v. Donald R. White (1999) ca2 32 own cites 3× in case

#13 United States v. William Gaddis and Barnetta Gaddis (1989) ca7 19 own cites 4× in case

#14 United States v. Edward William Lancer (1975) ca3 44 own cites 2× in case

#15 United States v. Joseph Calabro (1972) ca2 214 own cites 1× in case

#16 United States v. William Bryant (1979) ca4 21 own cites 3× in case

#17 United States v. Stephen Kramer (1961) ca2 197 own cites 1× in case

#18 United States v. Wayne Randell Anglian (1986) ca6 35 own cites 2× in case

#19 United States v. Eli Crawford, United States of America v. Ernest Barrow Biard (1978) ca9 32 own cites 2× in case

#20 George R. Lashine v. United States (1967) cadc 15 own cites 3× 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.