Statute treatment: 18 U.S.C.A. § 1961

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 382 citation events across 220 distinct cases.

382citations total

220distinct interpreting cases

71distinct courts

38citations in last 5y

1976–2025year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Augustus John Camelio v. American Federation, Etc. (1998) ca1 251 own cites 5× in case

#2 cluster 687602 (1995) ca3 118 own cites 6× in case

#3 cluster 664169 (1994) ca11 470 own cites 3× in case

#4 Zola v. Gordon (1988) nysd 85 own cites 5× in case

#5 State v. Ball (1993) njsuperctappdiv 62 own cites 5× in case

#6 United States v. Harry O. Stratton, William D. Riggs and Loy Z. Harrell, United States of America v. Samuel S. Smith (1981) ca5 99 own cites 4× in case

#7 United States v. Marek (2001) ca5 208 own cites 2× in case

#8 Williams v. Mohawk Industries, Inc. (2004) gand 6 own cites 12× in case

#9 SecureInfo Corp. v. Telos Corp. (2005) vaed 19 own cites 5× in case

#10 United States v. Francis William Hewes, Ii, Gene M. Simpson, Millard Clifford Haley, Walter Langford, and Howard E. Caldwell (1984) ca11 106 own cites 2× in case

#11 4447 CORP. v. Goldsmith (1987) ind 26 own cites 4× in case

#12 State v. Ball (1995) nj 87 own cites 2× in case

#13 Bernstein v. Misk (1997) nyed 34 own cites 3× in case

#14 Louis Anthony Manna v. United States Department of Justice United States Attorney--District of New Jersey (1995) ca3 75 own cites 2× in case

#15 United States v. Samuel S. Smith (1978) ca5 33 own cites 3× in case

#16 Grynberg v. Citation Oil & Gas Corp. (1997) sd 67 own cites 2× in case

#17 Edward C. Abell, Jr. v. Potomac Insurance Company of Illinois, Joe E. Fryar (1991) ca5 28 own cites 3× in case

#18 Tel-Phonic Services, Inc., William Kirk, and John Bowen v. Tbs International, Inc. A/K/A Dy-Con, International, Inc. And the Dispatch Printing Company (1992) ca5 328 own cites 1× in case

#19 Maxim Sewerage v. Monmouth Ridings (1993) njsuperctappdiv 15 own cites 4× in case

#20 United States v. Starrett (1995) ca11 203 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.