Statute treatment: 29 C.F.R. § 1607.5

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 281 citation events across 131 distinct cases.

281citations total

131distinct interpreting cases

49distinct courts

5citations in last 5y

1971–2026year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Albemarle Paper Co. v. Moody (1975) scotus 3,308 own cites 10× in case

#2 Washington v. Davis (1976) scotus 3,425 own cites 4× in case

#3 United States of America v. City of Chicago (1977) ca7 180 own cites 6× in case

#4 League of United Latin American Citizens v. City of Santa Ana (1976) cacd 42 own cites 6× in case

#5 Dickerson v. United States Steel Corp. (1978) paed 16 own cites 7× in case

#6 Jesse Douglas v. Robert E. Hampton, Chairman of Civil Service Commission (1975) cadc 71 own cites 3× in case

#7 Williams v. Ford Motor Co. (1999) ca6 118 own cites 6× in case

#8 Stacy Ernst v. City of Chicago (2016) ca7 29 own cites 4× in case

#9 Detroit Police Officers Ass'n v. Young (1978) mied 28 own cites 4× in case

#10 Boston Chapter, NAACP, Inc. v. Beecher (1974) mad 38 own cites 3× in case

#11 Fanchon Blake v. City of Los Angeles (1979) ca9 87 own cites 2× in case

#12 24 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1105, 24 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 31,297 James Craig, Jr. v. County of Los Angeles (1980) ca9 72 own cites 2× in case

#13 Raul Banos v. City of Chicago (2005) ca7 32 own cites 3× in case

#14 Boston Police Superior Officers Federation v. City of Boston (1998) ca1 69 own cites 2× in case

#15 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF CHICAGO Et Al., Defendants-Appellees (1978) ca7 64 own cites 2× in case

#16 Guardians Ass'n of New York City Police Department, Inc v. Civil Service Commission of New York (1977) nysd 28 own cites 3× in case

#17 Vulcan Society of the New York City Fire Department, Inc. v. Civil Service Commission of New York (1973) nysd 57 own cites 2× in case

#18 15 Fair empl.prac.cas. 827, 15 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 7842 Patrick James v. Stockham Valves and Fittings Co. (1977) ca5 300 own cites 1× in case

#19 Bridgeport Guardians, Inc. v. Members of Bridgeport Civil Service Commission (1973) ctd 43 own cites 2× in case

#20 Earl Billish v. City of Chicago, Chicago Fire Fighters Union v. Richard M. Daley (1993) ca7 38 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.