Statute treatment: 28 U.S.C. § 2241

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 66,011 citation events across 37,088 distinct cases.

66,011citations total

37,088distinct interpreting cases

194distinct courts

30,883citations in last 5y

1933–2025year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Braden v. 30th Judicial Circuit Court of Kentucky (1973) scotus 2,673 own cites 21× in case

#2 Immigration & Naturalization Service v. St. Cyr (2001) scotus 2,910 own cites 20× in case

#3 James Dwight Thomas v. James Crosby (2004) ca11 162 own cites 36× in case

#4 Zadvydas v. Davis (2001) scotus 2,843 own cites 12× in case

#5 Alaimalo v. United States (2011) ca9 156 own cites 26× in case

#6 Joel White v. John Lambert, Superintendent (2004) ca9 317 own cites 20× in case

#7 Daniel Magana-Pizano v. Immigration and Naturalization Service (1999) ca9 221 own cites 22× in case

#8 Rumsfeld v. Padilla (2004) scotus 2,889 own cites 10× in case

#9 Brown v. Allen (1953) scotus 2,457 own cites 10× in case

#10 Damous Nettles v. Randy Grounds (2016) ca9 1,112 own cites 12× in case

#11 Jimmy Walker v. J.T. O'brien, and Joseph W. Finfrock v. Craig A. Hanks (2000) ca7 907 own cites 11× in case

#12 Perceira Goncalves v. INS (1998) ca1 228 own cites 17× in case

#13 Ezell Gilbert v. United States (2011) ca11 266 own cites 16× in case

#14 Shaker Aamer v. Barack Obama (2014) cadc 337 own cites 14× in case

#15 Boumediene v. Bush (2008) scotus 946 own cites 10× in case

#16 Dudley Bryant, Jr. v. Warden, FCC Coleman - Medium (2013) ca11 140 own cites 18× in case

#17 Dan Carmichael McCarthan v. Director of Goodwill Industries-Suncoast, Inc. (2017) ca11 325 own cites 12× in case

#18 cluster 760957 (1999) ca3 169 own cites 15× in case

#19 In Re Ocsulis Dorsainvil (1997) ca3 1,042 own cites 8× in case

#20 Daniel Clark Medberry v. James Crosby (2003) ca11 217 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.