Statute treatment: 29 U.S.C. § 816

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 231 citation events across 90 distinct cases.

231citations total

90distinct interpreting cases

32distinct courts

0citations in last 5y

1979–2017year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency (2007) scotus 1,206 own cites 2× in case

#2 Brock v. Pierce County (1986) scotus 391 own cites 2× in case

#3 The Blackfeet Tribe v. United States Department of Labor (1987) ca9 9 own cites 11× in case

#4 Milwaukee County, Wisconsin v. Raymond J. Donovan, Secretary of the United States Department of Labor (1985) ca7 18 own cites 6× in case

#5 St. Regis Mohawk Tribe, New York v. William E. Brock, Secretary of Labor (1985) ca2 47 own cites 3× in case

#6 CETA Workers' Organizing Committee v. City of New York (1980) ca2 23 own cites 11× in case

#7 Barnhart v. Peabody Coal Co. (2003) scotus 409 own cites 1× in case

#8 Onslow County, North Carolina v. United States Department of Labor (1985) ca4 15 own cites 4× in case

#9 City of Camden, New Jersey v. United States Department of Labor (1987) ca3 14 own cites 4× in case

#10 Consortium of Community Based Organizations v. Donovan (1982) caed 14 own cites 11× in case

#11 Thomas Davis v. United Air Lines, Inc. (1981) ca2 43 own cites 2× in case

#12 Colorado Department of Labor and Employment v. United States Department of Labor (1989) ca10 6 own cites 6× in case

#13 State of South Carolina v. United States Department of Labor (1986) ca4 28 own cites 2× in case

#14 City of Great Falls v. United States Department of Labor (1982) ca9 27 own cites 2× in case

#15 Action, Inc. v. Raymond J. Donovan, Secretary, United States Department of Labor (1986) ca10 13 own cites 3× in case

#16 City of Tucson v. SUPERIOR COURT, ETC. (1980) arizctapp 7 own cites 4× in case

#17 James Kenneth Gallagher v. National Transportation Safety Board and Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration (1992) ca10 17 own cites 2× in case

#18 State of Maine, Office of Maine Ceta v. The United States Department of Labor (1982) ca1 17 own cites 2× in case

#19 City of Oakland, a Municipal Corporation v. Secretary Raymond Donovan, United States Department of Labor (1983) ca9 16 own cites 2× in case

#20 Pierce County v. United States, by and Through the Department of Labor, and Raymond Donovan, Its Secretary of Labor, Etc. (1985) ca9 9 own cites 3× 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.