Statute treatment: 22 U.S.C. § 2778

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 912 citation events across 362 distinct cases.

912citations total

362distinct interpreting cases

60distinct courts

66citations in last 5y

1977–2025year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 United States v. Jose Ochoa (2017) ca9 33 own cites 25× in case

#2 United States v. Bing Sun Patte Sun All Ports, Incorporated (2002) ca4 160 own cites 8× in case

#3 United States v. Kevin McKinley Seamus Moley, Joseph McColgan (1993) ca11 56 own cites 12× in case

#4 United States v. Jorge Eduardo Castro-Trevino (2006) ca5 81 own cites 10× in case

#5 United States v. Zhen Zhou Wu (2013) ca1 64 own cites 9× in case

#6 United States v. Aziz Muthana (1995) ca7 33 own cites 12× in case

#7 United States v. Martin Guillen-Cruz (2017) ca5 29 own cites 12× in case

#8 United States v. Edwin Paul Wilson (1983) ca4 60 own cites 8× in case

#9 United States v. Sabri Yakou (2005) cadc 68 own cites 7× in case

#10 United States v. Jose Salvador Ortiz-Loya, Angel Ojeda-Avila and Jesus A. Garcia, Defendant (1985) ca5 52 own cites 7× in case

#11 United States v. Jasin (1998) paed 403 own cites 3× in case

#12 United States v. Rudy Yujen Tsai (1992) ca3 66 own cites 6× in case

#13 United States v. Holmquist (1994) ca1 155 own cites 4× in case

#14 United States v. Chi Mak (2012) ca9 43 own cites 7× in case

#15 United States v. Richard Beck (1980) ca7 132 own cites 4× in case

#16 United States v. Evans (1987) nysd 18 own cites 11× in case

#17 Defense Distributed v. United States Department of State (2016) ca5 38 own cites 7× in case

#18 United States v. Arif Durrani (1987) ca2 70 own cites 5× in case

#19 United States v. Amir Masoud Motamedi (1985) ca9 108 own cites 4× in case

#20 Donald Franco-Casasola v. Eric Holder, Jr. (2014) ca5 14 own cites 12× 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.