Statute treatment: 18 U.S.C. § 5003

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 232 citation events across 90 distinct cases.

232citations total

90distinct interpreting cases

33distinct courts

1citations in last 5y

1960–2023year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Howe v. Smith (1981) scotus 87 own cites 8× in case

#2 Olim v. Wakinekona (1983) scotus 3,034 own cites 2× in case

#3 Kenneth Lono v. Charles E. Fenton, Warden, Marion Federal Penitentiary (1978) ca7 32 own cites 10× in case

#4 Elbert Blango v. Richard R. Thornburgh J. Michael Quinlan Gary L. Henman Mayor, Washington, D.C. (1991) ca10 52 own cites 5× in case

#5 Douglas Gomes v. Anthony P. Travisono (1974) ca1 67 own cites 3× in case

#6 Fletcher v. Warden (1979) ksd 19 own cites 5× in case

#7 Leon F. Rich v. George A. Zitnay, Etc. (1981) ca1 43 own cites 3× in case

#8 Corgain v. Miller (1983) ca7 214 own cites 4× in case

#9 Bradshaw v. Carlson (1981) ca3 38 own cites 3× in case

#10 Anthony F. Sisbarro v. Warden, Massachusetts State Penitentiary (1979) ca1 62 own cites 2× in case

#11 Bradshaw v. Carlson (1981) ca3 249 own cites 3× in case

#12 Hoitt v. Vitek (1973) nhd 52 own cites 2× in case

#13 Lawton Chiles, Jr., Bob Martinez, Metropolitan Dade County, Intervenors-Appellants v. Richard Thornburgh, Attorney General of the United States (1989) ca11 213 own cites 1× in case

#14 United States v. Louis Thompson (1977) ca3 36 own cites 2× in case

#15 Lawrence v. Elsea (1979) wiwd 7 own cites 6× in case

#16 Anthony v. Wilkinson (1980) ca7 15 own cites 9× in case

#17 Gomes v. Travisono (1973) rid 33 own cites 2× in case

#18 Goodnow v. Perrin (1980) nh 11 own cites 4× in case

#19 Frank Battista v. Frank Kenton, Warden, Federal Correctional Institution, Danbury, Connecticut (1963) ca2 10 own cites 4× in case

#20 Arthur Joseph Beshaw v. Charles Fenton, Warden U. S. Penitentiary (1980) ca3 22 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.