Statute treatment: 28 U.S.C. § 1334(b)

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 40 citation events across 40 distinct cases.

40citations total

40distinct interpreting cases

28distinct courts

12citations in last 5y

1986–2025year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Nuveen Municipal Trust Ex Rel. Nuveen High Yield Municipal Bond Fund v. WithumSmith Brown, P.C. (2012) ca3 131 own cites 1× in case

#2 Lusk v. Williams (In Re Williams) (2002) ganb 27 own cites 1× in case

#3 In Re Toxic Control Technologies, Inc. (1988) innb 25 own cites 1× in case

#4 Schlossberg v. Abell (In re Abell) (2016) mdb 20 own cites 1× in case

#5 Zamora v. Jacobs (In Re Jacobs) (2009) ilnb 19 own cites 1× in case

#6 In Re Nohle (1988) nynb 18 own cites 1× in case

#7 Lowe v. Sheinfeld, Malley & Kay, P.C. (In Re Saunders) (1993) txwb 14 own cites 1× in case

#8 First State Bank of Wykoff v. Grell (In Re Grell) (1988) mnb 13 own cites 1× in case

#9 Anderson County Bank v. Newton (In Re All Chemical Isotope Enrichment, Inc.) (1991) tneb 12 own cites 1× in case

#10 Cahill v. Norstar Bank of Upstate New York (In Re Cahill) (1988) nynb 10 own cites 1× in case

#11 I.A. Durbin, Inc. v. Jefferson National Bank (1986) ca11 36 own cites 1× in case

#12 Menotte v. Moore (In Re Moore) (2007) flsb 6 own cites 1× in case

#13 In re Williams (2018) ilnb 5 own cites 1× in case

#14 In re Strathmore Group, LLC (2014) nyeb 5 own cites 1× in case

#15 Layng v. Garcia (In re Garcia) (2018) ilnb 4 own cites 1× in case

#16 Victoria Hardwood Lumber Co. v. Cecil I. Walker MacHinery Co. (In Re Victoria Hardwood Lumber Co.) (1988) ohsb 4 own cites 1× in case

#17 Bailey v. Bailey (In Re Bailey) (2002) oknb 3 own cites 1× in case

#18 SUPERPUMPER, INC. VS. LEONARD (2021) nev 3 own cites 1× in case

#19 Monty Titling Trust I v. Granrath (In re Granrath) (2016) ilnb 2 own cites 1× in case

#20 Bate v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (In Re Bate) (2011) flmb 2 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.