Statute treatment: 2 U.S.C. § 437d(b)

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 22 citation events across 14 distinct cases.

22citations total

14distinct interpreting cases

8distinct courts

0citations in last 5y

1980–2008year range

Top 14 leading cases

#1 Federal Election Commission v. Committee to Elect Lyndon La Rouche (1980) cadc 25 own cites 5× in case

#2 Federal Election Commission v. MacHinists Non-Partisan Political League (1981) cadc 57 own cites 2× in case

#3 U.S. International Trade Commission v. ASAT, Inc. (2005) cadc 29 own cites 1× in case

#4 United States v. Tesoro Petroleum Corp. (1980) dcd 10 own cites 2× in case

#5 Federal Election Commission v. Florida for Kennedy Committee (1982) ca11 27 own cites 1× in case

#6 Federal Election Commission v. T. Bertram Lance (1980) ca5 24 own cites 1× in case

#7 Beam v. Gonzales (2008) ilnd 6 own cites 2× in case

#8 Federal Election Commission v. Phillips Publishing, Inc. (1981) dcd 14 own cites 1× in case

#9 Spannaus v. Federal Election Commission (1986) nysd 7 own cites 1× in case

#10 Resolution Trust Corp. v. McDougal (1994) dcd 4 own cites 1× in case

#11 Federal Election Commission v. Franklin (1989) vaed 2 own cites 1× in case

#12 Federal Election Commission v. Larouche Campaign, Inc. (1986) nysd 2 own cites 1× in case

#13 Federal Election Commission v. Wright (1991) txnd 2 own cites 2× in case

#14 United States International Trade Commission v. ASAT, Inc. (2004) dcd 1 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.