Statute treatment: 28 U.S.C. § 3003

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 99 citation events across 67 distinct cases.

99citations total

67distinct interpreting cases

33distinct courts

26citations in last 5y

1992–2025year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 MC Asset Recovery LLC v. Commerzbank A.G. (In Re Mirant Corp.) (2012) ca5 65 own cites 2× in case

#2 United States v. Carney (1992) nyed 12 own cites 5× in case

#3 United States v. Bradley (2011) ca11 288 own cites 1× in case

#4 United States v. Badger (2016) ca10 37 own cites 2× in case

#5 United States v. Frank P. Bongiorno, United States of America v. Frank P. Bongiorno (1997) ca1 152 own cites 1× in case

#6 Export-Import Bank of United States v. Asia Pulp & Paper Co. (2010) ca2 34 own cites 2× in case

#7 United States v. DeCay (2010) ca5 32 own cites 2× in case

#8 United States v. Timilty (1998) ca1 32 own cites 2× in case

#9 Hillen v. City of Many Trees (In re CVAH, Inc.) (2017) idb 15 own cites 3× in case

#10 United States v. Ali H. Sawaf and Elena v. Sawaf (1996) ca6 26 own cites 2× in case

#11 United States v. Ghassan Elashi (2015) ca5 20 own cites 2× in case

#12 Markham, etc v. Fay (1996) ca1 70 own cites 1× in case

#13 United States v. Gianelli (2008) ca9 53 own cites 1× in case

#14 United States v. Idema (2005) ca4 53 own cites 1× in case

#15 United States v. Rostoff (1999) ca1 38 own cites 1× in case

#16 Clarence Bosarge v. United States Department Of Education (1993) ca11 26 own cites 1× in case

#17 In Re Bourne (2001) tneb 26 own cites 1× in case

#18 United States v. Loftis (2010) ca5 25 own cites 1× in case

#19 United States v. Richard Coluccio (1994) ca6 19 own cites 1× in case

#20 National Labor Relations Board v. HH3 Trucking, Inc. (2014) ca7 17 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.