Statute treatment: 28 U.S.C. § 2253

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 84,420 citation events across 55,834 distinct cases.

84,420citations total

55,834distinct interpreting cases

143distinct courts

29,357citations in last 5y

1948–2026year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Hayward v. Marshall (2010) ca9 366 own cites 20× in case

#2 Jimmy Walker v. J.T. O'brien, and Joseph W. Finfrock v. Craig A. Hanks (2000) ca7 907 own cites 14× in case

#3 Miller-El v. Cockrell (2003) scotus 27,155 own cites 6× in case

#4 United States v. Christopher Simmonds (1997) ca10 394 own cites 16× in case

#5 United States v. Madison McRae (2015) ca4 439 own cites 13× in case

#6 Slack v. McDaniel (2000) scotus 40,467 own cites 4× in case

#7 Charles Edward Hunter v. United States of America, Henry C. Bailey v. John E. Nagle, Warden, Jeff Sessions, Attorney General for the State of Alabama (1996) ca11 123 own cites 17× in case

#8 United States v. Angel Cepero A/K/A Angel Villar-Cepero A/K/A Mosquito Angel Cepero (2000) ca3 277 own cites 12× in case

#9 Todd Hiivala v. Tana Wood (1999) ca9 853 own cites 8× in case

#10 Madley v. United States Parole Commission (2002) cadc 110 own cites 13× in case

#11 Montez v. McKinna (2000) ca10 988 own cites 6× in case

#12 Pursell v. Horn (2002) pawd 34 own cites 22× in case

#13 Larry Lyons v. Ohio Adult Parole Authority (1997) ca6 110 own cites 11× in case

#14 Bradley v. Birkett (2005) ca6 124 own cites 10× in case

#15 Lennox v. Evans (1996) ca10 295 own cites 6× in case

#16 Stanley Williams v. Jeanne S. Woodford, Warden, California State Prison, San Quentin (2004) ca9 291 own cites 6× in case

#17 United States v. Donathan Wayne Hadden (2007) ca4 288 own cites 6× in case

#18 Juanita Pope Reid v. Ronald J. Angelone, Director (2004) ca4 926 own cites 4× in case

#19 Buck v. Davis (2017) scotus 2,560 own cites 3× in case

#20 Commonwealth v. Morris (2001) pa 68 own cites 10× 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.