Statute treatment: 28 U. S. C. § 41

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 623 citation events across 467 distinct cases.

623citations total

467distinct interpreting cases

93distinct courts

34citations in last 5y

1928–2025year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Snowden v. Hughes (1944) scotus 1,468 own cites 8× in case

#2 Haguer v. Committee for Industrial Organization (1939) scotus 2,170 own cites 6× in case

#3 Bell v. Hood (1946) scotus 4,101 own cites 4× in case

#4 Yakus v. United States (1944) scotus 1,924 own cites 4× in case

#5 American Federation of Labor v. Watson (1946) scotus 276 own cites 5× in case

#6 Gulf Oil Corp. v. Gilbert (1947) scotus 5,256 own cites 2× in case

#7 United States v. Sherwood (1941) scotus 3,603 own cites 2× in case

#8 United States v. Mitchell (1983) scotus 3,284 own cites 2× in case

#9 United States v. United Mine Workers of America (1947) scotus 2,843 own cites 2× in case

#10 Weinberger v. Salfi (1975) scotus 2,706 own cites 2× in case

#11 Steffel v. Thompson (1974) scotus 2,535 own cites 2× in case

#12 Burford v. Sun Oil Co. (1943) scotus 2,400 own cites 2× in case

#13 Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. United States (1936) scotus 188 own cites 4× in case

#14 Seas Shipping Co. v. Sieracki (1946) scotus 1,484 own cites 2× in case

#15 Empire Healthchoice Assurance, Inc. v. McVeigh (2006) scotus 1,204 own cites 2× in case

#16 Sheila Payne, Next Best Friend of Franklin Payne, a Minor v. Government of the District of Columbia (1977) cadc 56 own cites 6× in case

#17 Douglas v. City of Jeannette (1943) scotus 926 own cites 2× in case

#18 Lightfoot v. Cendant Mortg. Corp. (2017) scotus 194 own cites 3× in case

#19 Adler v. Northern Hotel Co. (1949) ca7 36 own cites 6× in case

#20 Keifer & Keifer v. Reconstruction Finance Corp. (1939) scotus 488 own cites 2× 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.