Statute treatment: 25 U.S.C. § 1452

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 49 citation events across 35 distinct cases.

49citations total

35distinct interpreting cases

19distinct courts

1citations in last 5y

1978–2025year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Murphy v. Royal (2017) ca10 90 own cites 2× in case

#2 McGirt v. Oklahoma (2020) scotus 572 own cites 1× in case

#3 Arizona Public Service Co. v. Environmental Protection Agency (2000) cadc 67 own cites 4× in case

#4 Native Village of Stevens v. Alaska Management & Planning (1988) alaska 32 own cites 2× in case

#5 Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri v. Norton (2001) ca10 121 own cites 1× in case

#6 Diane Zarr v. Earl Barlow, Director, Office of Indian Education Programs, Bureau of Indian Affairs (1986) ca9 10 own cites 4× in case

#7 St. Cloud v. United States (1988) sdd 58 own cites 1× in case

#8 Miami Nation of Indians of Indiana, Inc. v. United States Department of the Interior (2001) ca7 49 own cites 1× in case

#9 Confederated Tribes of the Colville Indian Reservation v. Washington (1978) waed 38 own cites 1× in case

#10 Bittle v. Bahe (2008) okla 33 own cites 1× in case

#11 Greene v. Rhode Island (2005) ca1 31 own cites 1× in case

#12 State v. Romero (2006) nm 23 own cites 1× in case

#13 Cape Fox Corp. v. United States (1978) akd 23 own cites 1× in case

#14 Murphy v. Royal (2017) ca10 20 own cites 1× in case

#15 United States v. LaBuff (2011) ca9 16 own cites 1× in case

#16 Warbelow's Air Ventures, Inc. v. Commissioner (2003) ca9 6 own cites 2× in case

#17 Nenana Fuel Co. v. Native Village of Venetie (1992) alaska 6 own cites 2× in case

#18 Malabed v. North Slope Borough (1999) akd 14 own cites 1× in case

#19 Murphy v. Sirmons (2007) oked 9 own cites 1× in case

#20 Williams v. Babbitt (1997) ca9 78 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.