Statute treatment: 28 U.S.C. § 754

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 298 citation events across 161 distinct cases.

298citations total

161distinct interpreting cases

60distinct courts

70citations in last 5y

1934–2026year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 W. Henry Haile, Receiver-Appellant v. Henderson National Bank, Cleveland J. Bridges and Betty Bridges (1981) ca6 70 own cites 10× in case

#2 Securities & Exchange Commission v. Ross (2007) ca9 238 own cites 4× in case

#3 United States v. Setser (2009) ca5 64 own cites 5× in case

#4 Klein v. Cornelius (2015) ca10 90 own cites 3× in case

#5 Donell v. Keppers (2011) casd 23 own cites 6× in case

#6 Select Creations, Inc. v. Paliafito America, Inc. (1994) wied 45 own cites 4× in case

#7 Long Beach Mortgage Co. v. Evans (2009) texapp 20 own cites 6× in case

#8 Securities & Exchange Commission v. Bilzerian (2004) cadc 35 own cites 4× in case

#9 Consolidated Rail Corporation v. Fore River Railway Co. (1988) ca1 99 own cites 2× in case

#10 The American Freedom Train Foundation, Etc. v. Peter L. Spurney (1984) ca1 33 own cites 3× in case

#11 United States v. Arizona Fuels Corporation and Eugene Dalton, President, Tenneco Oil Company (1984) ca9 32 own cites 3× in case

#12 Burton W. Wiand v. Roberta Schneiderman (2015) ca11 21 own cites 3× in case

#13 Terry v. Walker (2005) vawd 4 own cites 10× in case

#14 Carney v. Beracha (2014) ctd 16 own cites 3× in case

#15 SEC. & Exch. Comm'n v. Stanford Int'l Bank, Ltd. (2019) ca5 30 own cites 2× in case

#16 U.S. Bank National Ass'n v. Nesbitt Bellevue Property LLC (2012) nysd 25 own cites 2× in case

#17 Scholes v. Lehmann (1995) ca7 93 own cites 1× in case

#18 Janvey v. Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Inc. (2013) ca5 87 own cites 1× in case

#19 Adams v. Marwil (In Re Bayou Group, L.L.C.) (2007) nysd 12 own cites 3× in case

#20 Ira S. Bushey & Sons, Inc. v. W. E. Hedger Transp. Corp. (1948) ca2 22 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.