Statute treatment: 20 U.S.C. § 2301

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 35 citation events across 21 distinct cases.

35citations total

21distinct interpreting cases

15distinct courts

3citations in last 5y

1983–2025year range

Top 15 leading cases

#1 School District of City of Pontiac v. Secretary of US Department of Education (2009) ca6 85 own cites 2× in case

#2 Pat Canterino A/K/A Pat Williams, the United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor v. George Wilson (1989) ca6 79 own cites 1× in case

#3 State of Pennsylvania v. Richard W. Riley, Secretary of the United States Department of Education (1996) ca3 19 own cites 2× in case

#4 Klinger v. Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (1993) ned 12 own cites 2× in case

#5 School District v. Secretary of the United States Department of Education (2008) ca6 9 own cites 2× in case

#6 Beehler v. Jeffes (1986) pamd 17 own cites 1× in case

#7 Frederick Classical Charter School, Inc. v. Frederick County Board of Education (2017) md 12 own cites 1× in case

#8 Monarch Acad. Balt. Campus, Inc. v. Balt. City Bd. of Sch. Comm'rs (2017) md 9 own cites 1× in case

#9 State of Wyoming v. Lamar Alexander, Secretary of Education, United States Department of Education (1992) ca10 7 own cites 1× in case

#10 State of NY v. Shalala (1997) nysd 5 own cites 1× in case

#11 Canterino v. Barber (1983) kywd 4 own cites 1× in case

#12 Bessemer State Tech. Coll. v. Hosea-Studdard (2002) alacivapp 4 own cites 1× in case

#13 State of New York v. Richard Riley, Secretary of the United States Department of Education (1995) ca2 2 own cites 2× in case

#14 Board of Education v. Leininger (1993) ilnd 1 own cites 5× in case

#15 School Committee of the Town of Rockland v. Massachusetts Department of Education (1985) ca1 1 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.