Statute treatment: 18 U.S.C. § 842

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 779 citation events across 316 distinct cases.

779citations total

316distinct interpreting cases

63distinct courts

79citations in last 5y

1972–2025year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 United States v. Quiroz (2001) armfor 366 own cites 8× in case

#2 United States v. Wassim Mazloum (2012) ca6 50 own cites 18× in case

#3 United States v. Robert Neal Allen (1986) ca7 75 own cites 14× in case

#4 Vineland Fireworks Co. v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (2008) ca3 12 own cites 32× in case

#5 Kassir v. United States (2021) ca2 38 own cites 10× in case

#6 United States v. Timothy Patrick Hoctor (1973) ca9 10 own cites 23× in case

#7 United States v. David Wayne Hull (2006) ca3 54 own cites 8× in case

#8 United States v. Disney (2005) armfor 33 own cites 9× in case

#9 United States v. Scharstein (1982) kyed 17 own cites 12× in case

#10 United States v. Quiroz (2000) nmcca 44 own cites 6× in case

#11 United States v. Joe Lewis and Tommy Allen Combs (1974) ca6 39 own cites 6× in case

#12 United States v. Quiroz (2002) nmcca 23 own cites 8× in case

#13 United States v. Kikumura, Yu (1990) ca3 454 own cites 2× in case

#14 Gaines-Tabb v. ICI Explosives, USA, Inc. (1998) ca10 143 own cites 3× in case

#15 United States v. Sinks (2007) ca10 31 own cites 6× in case

#16 United States v. Barry P. Fillman (1998) ca10 14 own cites 9× in case

#17 Delfin Ramos Colon v. United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico (1978) ca1 57 own cites 4× in case

#18 United States v. Virgil Eugene Guess (1980) ca9 25 own cites 6× in case

#19 United States v. William J. Kirk (1995) ca5 52 own cites 4× in case

#20 Hopkinson v. State (1981) wyo 258 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.