Statute treatment: 22 U.S.C. § 2370

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 222 citation events across 126 distinct cases.

222citations total

126distinct interpreting cases

33distinct courts

15citations in last 5y

1963–2026year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Temistocles Ramirez De Arellano v. Caspar W. Weinberger, Secretary of Defense (1984) cadc 154 own cites 14× in case

#2 Hunt v. Coastal States Gas Producing Co. (1979) tex 14 own cites 10× in case

#3 Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. (2010) ca2 407 own cites 2× in case

#4 Hanoch Tel-Oren, in His Capacity as Father, on Behalf of the Deceased, Imry Tel-Oren v. Libyan Arab Republic Hanoch Tel-Oren v. Libyan Arab Republic (1984) cadc 310 own cites 2× in case

#5 Regan v. Wald (1984) scotus 249 own cites 2× in case

#6 Consolidated Development Corp. v. Sherritt, Inc. (2000) ca11 203 own cites 2× in case

#7 Banco Nacional De Cuba v. First National City Bank of NY (1967) nysd 26 own cites 5× in case

#8 Roxas v. Marcos (1998) haw 153 own cites 2× in case

#9 cluster 480622 (1987) ca9 53 own cites 3× in case

#10 Agudas Chasidei Chabad of United States v. Federation (2008) cadc 129 own cites 2× in case

#11 Banco Nacional De Cuba v. Farr (1967) ca2 113 own cites 2× in case

#12 Josefina Najarro De Sanchez v. Banco Central De Nicaragua, a Foreign Banking Corporation (1985) ca5 111 own cites 2× in case

#13 Nemariam v. Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (2007) cadc 45 own cites 3× in case

#14 K Mart Corp. v. Cartier, Inc. (1988) scotus 99 own cites 2× in case

#15 Interstate Power Co. v. Nobles County Board of Commissioners (2000) minn 88 own cites 2× in case

#16 Banco Nacional De Cuba v. The First National City Bank of New York (1970) ca1 34 own cites 3× in case

#17 Alfred Dunhill of London, Inc. v. Republic of Cuba (1976) scotus 427 own cites 1× in case

#18 Menendez v. Saks And Company (1973) ca2 70 own cites 2× in case

#19 Republic of Austria v. Altmann (2004) scotus 410 own cites 1× in case

#20 Banco Nacional De Cuba v. Chase Manhattan Bank (1980) nysd 31 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.