Statute treatment: 28 U.S.C.A. § 452

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 38 citation events across 35 distinct cases.

38citations total

35distinct interpreting cases

23distinct courts

1citations in last 5y

1935–2022year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Fleenor v. Hammond (1941) ca6 55 own cites 1× in case

#2 Norman Gradsky, George Levine, B. J. Gradsky, Robert B. Roberts, Alfred Schiff, Robert Grene, Leonard L. Glaser and E. E. Gibbons v. United States (1967) ca5 52 own cites 1× in case

#3 Jones v. Biddle (1942) ca8 47 own cites 1× in case

#4 Eisentrager v. Forrestal (1949) cadc 40 own cites 1× in case

#5 United States Ex Rel. Harrington v. Schlotfeldt (1943) ca7 40 own cites 1× in case

#6 Snow v. Roche (1944) ca9 18 own cites 1× in case

#7 Chemical Bank & Trust Co. v. Prudence-Bonds Corp. (New Corp.) (1954) ca2 15 own cites 1× in case

#8 Ex parte Lee Fong Fook (1948) cand 11 own cites 1× in case

#9 Sanders v. Brady (1944) mdd 11 own cites 1× in case

#10 Phillips v. Hiatt (1949) ded 8 own cites 1× in case

#11 Bowen v. Johnston (1944) cand 7 own cites 1× in case

#12 Dawsett v. Benson (1946) ca6 7 own cites 1× in case

#13 Crockett v. United States (1942) ca9 6 own cites 1× in case

#14 Rutkowski v. Johnston (1943) californiad 7 own cites 2× in case

#15 Berman v. McDonnell (1935) ca7 3 own cites 1× in case

#16 Overholser v. Treibly (1945) cadc 14 own cites 1× in case

#17 O'MALLEY v. Hiatt (1947) pamd 11 own cites 1× in case

#18 Wright v. Johnston (1943) cand 5 own cites 3× in case

#19 Muse v. Freeman (1961) vaed 2 own cites 1× in case

#20 Lewis v. Connett (1968) arwd 2 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.