Statute treatment: 21 U.S.C. § 952

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 4,751 citation events across 3,491 distinct cases.

4,751citations total

3,491distinct interpreting cases

89distinct courts

200citations in last 5y

1972–2026year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 United States v. James R. Goff, Benjamin Phillip Barrington, Romulo Lon Kuntze, Terry B. Drewes, and Horst Schoenhoff (1988) ca5 96 own cites 16× in case

#2 Alaimalo v. United States (2011) ca9 156 own cites 12× in case

#3 United States v. James Cabaccang, United States of America v. Richard T. Cabaccang, United States of America v. Roy Toves Cabaccang (2003) ca9 132 own cites 11× in case

#4 United States v. Luis Anthony Rivera (1990) ca10 485 own cites 6× in case

#5 United States v. Nick Russo, James Lowery, Joseph Pine, V.L. Underhill, Jeff Underhill, Harry Almerico, Felipe Muratte, Renee Sanchez (1986) ca11 90 own cites 10× in case

#6 United States v. David N. Williams-Hendricks (1986) ca5 106 own cites 8× in case

#7 United States v. Adebowale Adesida (1998) ca6 115 own cites 7× in case

#8 United States v. Fabio Rodriguez Cortes, United States v. Eduardo Ocampo-Hoyos, United States v. Rafael Perez Martinez (1991) ca1 103 own cites 7× in case

#9 United States v. Amy Ralston Pofahl, Charles T. Nunn, and Randy White (1993) ca5 188 own cites 5× in case

#10 United States v. Charles Demore Jewell (1976) ca9 325 own cites 4× in case

#11 United States v. Isabel Rodriguez De Varon (1999) ca11 747 own cites 3× in case

#12 United States v. Arthur A. Coia, Arthur E. Coia, Albert J. Le Pore, and Joseph J. Vacarro, Jr. (1983) ca11 94 own cites 6× in case

#13 United States v. Rita Ann Cardenas and Shamsideen Abiodun Lawal (1994) ca5 263 own cites 4× in case

#14 United States v. Lucky Irorere (2000) ca7 128 own cites 5× in case

#15 United States v. Mauricio Londono-Villa (1991) ca2 20 own cites 12× in case

#16 United States v. George Jefferson (2015) ca9 32 own cites 9× in case

#17 United States v. Felipe Ramirez-Ferrer, United States v. Jorge L. Suarez-Maya, United States v. Raul Troche-Matos (1996) ca1 31 own cites 9× in case

#18 United States v. Ramon Velarde-Gomez (2001) ca9 154 own cites 4× in case

#19 United States v. Billy W. Gray, Lee Andrew Fennell, Roger Lee Wright, Ronald Cecil Barker and Vance C. Dyar (1980) ca5 148 own cites 4× in case

#20 United States v. Gonzalez (1991) ca11 41 own cites 7× 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.