Statute treatment: 1 U.S.C.A. § 109

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 79 citation events across 49 distinct cases.

79citations total

49distinct interpreting cases

26distinct courts

0citations in last 5y

1948–2016year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 United States v. Obermeier (1951) ca2 69 own cites 5× in case

#2 El Pueblo de Puerto Rico v. González Ramos (2005) prsupreme 31 own cites 4× in case

#3 United States v. Honorable Edwin L. Mechem, United States District Judge, District of New Mexico, and Frankie Chavez (1975) ca10 43 own cites 3× in case

#4 United States v. Stitt (2008) ca4 24 own cites 3× in case

#5 Moorehead v. Hunter, Warden (1952) ca10 23 own cites 3× in case

#6 United States v. Novenda L. Cook (1989) ca4 116 own cites 1× in case

#7 Pierce v. State (2000) sc 74 own cites 1× in case

#8 Quick v. District of Columbia (1950) dc 4 own cites 5× in case

#9 United States v. Valenzuela (1951) casd 5 own cites 4× in case

#10 Lovely v. United States (1949) ca4 31 own cites 1× in case

#11 State v. Alley (1970) me 30 own cites 1× in case

#12 Charles Schiffman v. Fred T. Wilkinson, Warden, United States Penitentiary, McNeil Island, Washington (1954) ca9 26 own cites 1× in case

#13 United States v. Olie Duane Jones, Sr., and Lemuel H. Stockmar (1973) ca5 24 own cites 1× in case

#14 United States v. Kirby (1949) ca2 22 own cites 1× in case

#15 United States v. Marachowsky (1954) ca7 18 own cites 1× in case

#16 National Labor Relations Board v. Gate City Cotton Mills (1948) ca5 17 own cites 1× in case

#17 Moore Et Ux. v. United States (1950) ca5 15 own cites 1× in case

#18 United States v. Seale (2008) ca5 10 own cites 1× in case

#19 United States v. Weaver (1952) alnd 10 own cites 1× in case

#20 Hiatt, Warden v. Hilliard (1950) ca5 10 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.