Statute treatment: 28 United States Code § 1291

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 68 citation events across 58 distinct cases.

68citations total

58distinct interpreting cases

14distinct courts

14citations in last 5y

1957–2025year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Morehart v. County of Santa Barbara (1994) cal 306 own cites 2× in case

#2 United States v. Margaret Ann Gordon (2007) ca10 53 own cites 2× in case

#3 Ples Elworth Russell and Roy Russell v. United States (1962) ca9 196 own cites 1× in case

#4 Randall Kevin Jones v. Officer S. Fransen (2017) ca11 112 own cites 1× in case

#5 United States v. Polly (2011) ca10 75 own cites 1× in case

#6 United States v. Acosta-Gallardo (2011) ca10 55 own cites 1× in case

#7 Charles Mitchell v. Josh Shearrer (2013) ca8 46 own cites 1× in case

#8 United States v. Larry Cooney (2017) ca8 8 own cites 3× in case

#9 Samuel Jacento Ortega v. United States (1965) ca9 36 own cites 1× in case

#10 United States v. Traders National Bank of Kansas City, of the Estate of James Oliver Miller, Deceased (1957) ca8 35 own cites 1× in case

#11 Davis v. United States (2016) ca7 32 own cites 1× in case

#12 Accent Delight International Ltd. v. Adelson (2017) ca2 27 own cites 1× in case

#13 Denise Schippers v. United States (2013) ca11 9 own cites 2× in case

#14 Cairns v. Franklin Mint Co. (2002) ca9 167 own cites 1× in case

#15 Peter Leroy Ortiz v. United States (1963) ca9 17 own cites 1× in case

#16 James Norman Yeloushan v. United States (1963) ca5 15 own cites 1× in case

#17 Matthew M. Goetz v. Terry Cappelen, David Carlson, Gerald E. Broderick, and Robert Wunnicke (1991) ca7 14 own cites 1× in case

#18 Squish La Fish, Inc. v. Thomco Specialty Products, Inc. (1998) ca11 13 own cites 1× in case

#19 Okoro v. City of Oakland (2006) calctapp 12 own cites 1× in case

#20 Armand C. Feichtmeir v. United States (1968) ca9 11 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.