Statute treatment: 21 C.F.R. § 814

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 26 citation events across 16 distinct cases.

26citations total

16distinct interpreting cases

14distinct courts

0citations in last 5y

1995–2019year range

Top 14 leading cases

#1 Riegel v. Medtronic, Inc. (2006) ca2 104 own cites 5× in case

#2 Gomez v. St. Jude Medical Daig Division Inc. (2006) ca5 113 own cites 2× in case

#3 Charlotte Kennedy and Robert L. Kennedy v. Collagen Corporation (1995) ca9 50 own cites 2× in case

#4 Barbara E. Horn, of the Estate of Daniel Ray Horn, Deceased v. Thoratec Corporation (2004) ca3 101 own cites 1× in case

#5 Rollins v. St. Jude Medical (2008) lawd 18 own cites 2× in case

#6 Parker v. Stryker Corp. (2008) cod 36 own cites 1× in case

#7 Sowell v. Bausch & Lomb, Inc. (1997) nyappdiv 20 own cites 1× in case

#8 Lemelle v. Stryker Orthopaedics (2010) lawd 4 own cites 3× in case

#9 Silver v. Medtronic, Inc. (2017) pamd 10 own cites 1× in case

#10 Raab v. Smith & Nephew, Inc. (2015) wvsd 10 own cites 1× in case

#11 Fender v. Medtronic, Inc. (1995) caed 6 own cites 1× in case

#12 Notmeyer v. Stryker Corp. (2007) cand 6 own cites 1× in case

#13 Webster v. Pacesetter, Inc. (2001) dcd 6 own cites 1× in case

#14 Chadwell v. Optical Radiation Corp. (1995) insd 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.