Statute treatment: 28 U.S.C.A. § 81

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 18 citation events across 13 distinct cases.

18citations total

13distinct interpreting cases

11distinct courts

0citations in last 5y

1937–1995year range

Top 10 leading cases

#1 Freeman v. Bee MacHine Co., Inc (1943) scotus 281 own cites 3× in case

#2 United States v. Marrian Kolesar and Andrew Kolesar, Her Husband (1963) ca5 141 own cites 1× in case

#3 Hendricks v. Alcoa Steamship Co. (1962) paed 9 own cites 4× in case

#4 United States v. Grisham (1995) ca11 56 own cites 1× in case

#5 Savell v. Southern Ry. Co. (1937) ca5 51 own cites 1× in case

#6 Bee Mach. Co. v. Freeman (1942) ca1 16 own cites 1× in case

#7 Parry v. Bache (1942) ca5 13 own cites 1× in case

#8 Noma Electric Corp. v. Polaroid Corp. (1942) nysd 5 own cites 1× in case

#9 City of Salamanca v. Seneca Nation of Indians (1942) nywd 5 own cites 1× in case

#10 Schaad v. New York Life Ins. (1948) tned 4 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.