Statute treatment: 28 U.S.C. § 294

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 531 citation events across 514 distinct cases.

531citations total

514distinct interpreting cases

29distinct courts

11citations in last 5y

1958–2025year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Glidden Co. v. Zdanok (1962) scotus 686 own cites 2× in case

#2 Porter v. Commissioner (1987) tax 11 own cites 8× in case

#3 H. Keith Zahn v. International Paper Company (1972) ca2 135 own cites 2× in case

#4 Expeditions Unlimited Aquatic Enterprises, Inc., a Corporation, Norman Scott v. Smithsonian Institution (1977) cadc 117 own cites 2× in case

#5 United States v. American-Foreign Steamship Corp. (1960) scotus 114 own cites 2× in case

#6 Josiah Haynesworth and Fred Hancock v. Frank P. Miller, Chief, Law Enforcement Section, Office of the Corporation Counsel, (Two Cases) (1987) cadc 365 own cites 1× in case

#7 Guy Vander Jagt v. Thomas P. O'neill, Jr. (1983) cadc 185 own cites 1× in case

#8 Stabilisierungsfonds Fur Wein v. Kaiser Stuhl Wine Distributors Pty. Ltd. (1981) cadc 176 own cites 1× in case

#9 Todd v. AIG Life Ins. Co. (1995) ca5 155 own cites 1× in case

#10 Mary Jane Ruderman Hirschey v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Long Lake Energy Corporation, Intervenor (1985) cadc 154 own cites 1× in case

#11 Moody v. Albemarle Paper Co. (1974) scotus 33 own cites 2× in case

#12 Ralph Block v. Pitney Bowes Inc. (1992) cadc 138 own cites 1× in case

#13 Daniel Ellsberg, v John N. Mitchell (1983) cadc 130 own cites 1× in case

#14 Samuel Friedman v. Bache Halsey Stuart Shields, Inc. Samuel Friedman v. Bache Halsey Stuart Shields, Inc. (1984) cadc 128 own cites 1× in case

#15 National Wildlife Federation v. Robert F. Burford, Mountain States Legal Foundation (Two Cases) (1987) cadc 114 own cites 1× in case

#16 Ralph W. McGehee v. William Casey, Director, Cia (1983) cadc 113 own cites 1× in case

#17 United States v. Hilton Benn, Jr., United States of America v. James W. Hunt (1973) cadc 110 own cites 1× in case

#18 Charles E. Wagner, for Himself and Others Similarly Situated v. Reese H. Taylor, Jr., Chairman, Interstate Commerce Commission (1987) cadc 104 own cites 1× in case

#19 United States v. Paul A. Russell (1982) cadc 102 own cites 1× in case

#20 Bertram Zweibon v. John N. Mitchell, Individually and as Attorney General of the United States (1983) cadc 101 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.