Statute treatment: 19 U.S.C. § 1498

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 32 citation events across 16 distinct cases.

32citations total

16distinct interpreting cases

9distinct courts

0citations in last 5y

1949–2009year range

Top 14 leading cases

#1 National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Ass'n of America v. United States (1994) cit 7 own cites 8× in case

#2 United States v. Richard M. Mitchell (1994) ca4 51 own cites 2× in case

#3 Texaco Marine Services, Inc. And Texaco Refining and Marketing, Inc. v. United States (1994) cafc 29 own cites 1× in case

#4 United States v. Pascal Grandi, A/K/A Pierre Rene Ricollet (1970) ca2 21 own cites 1× in case

#5 Sea-Land Service, Inc. v. United States (1999) cit 17 own cites 1× in case

#6 Herbert Charles Petley v. United States (1970) ca9 13 own cites 1× in case

#7 Samuel Leiser v. United States of America, Libelant (1956) ca1 12 own cites 1× in case

#8 Cormorant Shipholding Corp. v. United States (2009) cit 2 own cites 5× in case

#9 International Navigation Co. v. United States (1957) cusc 10 own cites 1× in case

#10 United States v. Cottman Co. (1951) ca4 8 own cites 1× in case

#11 United States v. Omaira Rios-Gonzalez (1971) ca2 3 own cites 1× in case

#12 National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Ass'n of America, Inc. v. United States (1995) cafc 7 own cites 1× in case

#13 National Customs Brokers And Forwarders Association Of America, Inc. v. United States (1995) cafc 1 own cites 1× in case

#14 United States v. 532.33 Carats, More or Less, of Cut & Polished Diamonds (1955) mad 1 own cites 1× 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.