Statute treatment: 28 U.S.C. § 1362

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 735 citation events across 386 distinct cases.

735citations total

386distinct interpreting cases

72distinct courts

48citations in last 5y

1966–2025year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Blatchford v. Native Village of Noatak (1991) scotus 516 own cites 8× in case

#2 Arizona v. San Carlos Apache Tribe of Ariz. (1983) scotus 222 own cites 8× in case

#3 Cape Fox Corp. v. United States (1978) akd 23 own cites 11× in case

#4 Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians v. Helix Irrigation District (1975) ca9 27 own cites 10× in case

#5 United States v. Nordic Village, Inc. (1992) scotus 1,681 own cites 2× in case

#6 Standing Rock Sioux Indian Tribe v. Byron L. Dorgan, Tax Commissioner, State of North Dakota (1974) ca8 69 own cites 6× in case

#7 Jicarilla Apache Tribe v. United States of America, State of New Mexico, Ex Rel. S. E. Reynolds, State Engineer, Amicus Curiae (1979) ca10 35 own cites 7× in case

#8 SAC and Fox Nation v. Pierce (2000) ca10 85 own cites 4× in case

#9 Muscogee (Creek) Nation v. Oklahoma Tax Commission (2010) ca10 156 own cites 3× in case

#10 Montana v. Blackfeet Tribe of Indians (1985) scotus 487 own cites 2× in case

#11 Judybill Osceola Enrolled Member of the Seminole Indian Tribe of Florida and All Others Similarly Situated v. Florida Department of Revenue (1990) ca11 26 own cites 7× in case

#12 Cayuga Indian Nation Ex Rel. Patterson v. Cuomo (1983) nynd 26 own cites 6× in case

#13 Raygor v. Regents of the University of Minnesota (2000) scotus 283 own cites 2× in case

#14 Muscogee (Creek) Nation v. Pruitt (2012) ca10 205 own cites 2× in case

#15 Carol Rae Cooper Foulds v. Texas Tech University (1999) ca5 193 own cites 2× in case

#16 The Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation v. Thomas Ralph Adsit (1982) ca9 25 own cites 5× in case

#17 Winnebago Tribe v. Stovall (2003) ca10 148 own cites 2× in case

#18 Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Plaintiffs v. The Board of Oil and Gas Conservation of the State of Montana (1986) ca9 143 own cites 2× in case

#19 Seminole Tribe of Florida v. State of Florida Department of Revenue (2014) ca11 15 own cites 6× in case

#20 Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin v. State of Wisconsin, Tommy G. Thompson and Donald J. Hanaway (1991) ca7 48 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.