Statute treatment: 18 U.S.C. § 6002-6003

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 135 citation events across 84 distinct cases.

135citations total

84distinct interpreting cases

33distinct courts

0citations in last 5y

1971–2015year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 United States v. Leonard Patrick (1976) ca7 210 own cites 5× in case

#2 Kastigar v. United States (1972) scotus 2,493 own cites 2× in case

#3 United States v. Wilson (1975) scotus 305 own cites 3× in case

#4 United States v. Willie James Richardson, A/K/A Riz, A/K/A Raheem (1999) ca4 427 own cites 2× in case

#5 Carter v. United States (1996) dc 56 own cites 4× in case

#6 United States v. Jerry Lee Harvey (1989) ca11 54 own cites 4× in case

#7 United States v. Lawrence Antelope, United States of America v. Lawrence Antelope (2005) ca9 170 own cites 2× in case

#8 United States v. Edward L. Dingle (1976) ca10 60 own cites 3× in case

#9 Tierney Et Al. v. United States (1973) scotus 51 own cites 3× in case

#10 Graves v. United States (1984) dc 4 own cites 12× in case

#11 Smith v. State (2002) texcrimapp 50 own cites 2× in case

#12 United States v. Straub (2008) ca9 49 own cites 2× in case

#13 United States v. Remi Pelletier and Robert Pelletier (1990) ca2 48 own cites 2× in case

#14 United States v. R. Michael Crowson (1987) ca9 39 own cites 2× in case

#15 In Re Grand Jury Witness Ralph Altro. United States of America v. Ralph Altro (1999) ca2 37 own cites 2× in case

#16 United States v. Richard P. Herman, United States of America v. James J. McCann in No. 78-1282 (1978) ca3 163 own cites 1× in case

#17 United States v. David Lord (1983) ca9 137 own cites 1× in case

#18 United States v. Natividad Duran, United States of America v. Martin Roman, United States of America v. Rodolfo Almaraz Mora (1999) ca9 99 own cites 1× in case

#19 Garcia v. County of Merced (2011) ca9 59 own cites 1× in case

#20 United States v. Thomas Joseph Wilson and Bobby Antonio Bryan (1973) ca2 14 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.