Statute treatment: 28 C.F.R. § 50.15

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 197 citation events across 110 distinct cases.

197citations total

110distinct interpreting cases

39distinct courts

42citations in last 5y

1978–2026year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Anderson v. Creighton (1987) scotus 12,627 own cites 2× in case

#2 Cuthbert O. Simpkins v. District of Columbia Government (1997) cadc 397 own cites 3× in case

#3 Stafford v. Briggs (1980) scotus 322 own cites 2× in case

#4 Cohen v. Oasin (1994) paed 24 own cites 5× in case

#5 In Re Bruce R. Lindsey (Grand Jury Testimony) (1998) cadc 147 own cites 2× in case

#6 Brenda Chilcutt v. United States of America, Randell P. Means, in His Individual Capacity (1993) ca5 107 own cites 2× in case

#7 United States v. Verbickas (2006) ca10 104 own cites 2× in case

#8 Hobson v. Wilson (1984) cadc 499 own cites 1× in case

#9 Amir Meshal v. Chris Higgenbotham (2015) cadc 49 own cites 2× in case

#10 Evelyn Falkowski v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (1983) cadc 10 own cites 5× in case

#11 Luise Light v. Isabel Wolf (1987) cadc 162 own cites 1× in case

#12 Connie JAMISON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jerry WILEY, Defendant-Appellant, United States of America, Defendant-Appellee (1994) ca4 134 own cites 1× in case

#13 In Re Grand Jury Subpoena Duces Tecum (1997) ca8 133 own cites 1× in case

#14 Edward Bontkowski v. Brian Smith (2002) ca7 127 own cites 1× in case

#15 Rodriguez v. Shulman (2012) dcd 6 own cites 6× in case

#16 John McBryde v. United States (2002) cafc 50 own cites 1× in case

#17 Fiore v. Walden (2011) ca9 14 own cites 2× in case

#18 Hall v. Clinton (2001) dcd 14 own cites 2× in case

#19 Wasserman v. Rodacker (2009) cadc 43 own cites 1× in case

#20 Marcellas Hoffman v. Preston (2022) ca9 38 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.