Statute treatment: 30 U.S.C. § 185

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 199 citation events across 67 distinct cases.

199citations total

67distinct interpreting cases

26distinct courts

22citations in last 5y

1969–2025year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. v. Wilderness Society (1975) scotus 4,558 own cites 6× in case

#2 The Wilderness Society v. Rogers C. B. Morton, Secretary of the Interior (1973) cadc 160 own cites 14× in case

#3 Sierra Club v. U.S. Dep't of the Interior (2018) ca4 119 own cites 11× in case

#4 Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. United States Army Corps of Engineers (2017) dcd 38 own cites 18× in case

#5 United States Forest Service v. Cowpasture River Preservation Assn. (2020) scotus 31 own cites 17× in case

#6 Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Chadha (1983) scotus 1,805 own cites 2× in case

#7 Hammond v. Norton (2005) dcd 30 own cites 7× in case

#8 Independent Federation of Flight Attendants v. Zipes (1989) scotus 316 own cites 2× in case

#9 Sierra Club, Inc. v. U.S. Forest Service (2018) ca4 25 own cites 6× in case

#10 Alaska v. United States (1995) uscfc 108 own cites 2× in case

#11 Reynolds v. First Alabama Bank of Montgomery (1985) ala 92 own cites 2× in case

#12 Joe Aulston and Lola Aulston v. United States of America, and Shell Western E & P, Intervenors-Appellees (1990) ca10 69 own cites 2× in case

#13 Center for Biological Diversity v. United States Bureau of Land Management (2012) ca9 62 own cites 2× in case

#14 Sierra Club v. United States Army Corps of Engineers (2015) cadc 52 own cites 2× in case

#15 Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. United States Army Corps (2021) cadc 51 own cites 2× in case

#16 Denver Petroleum Corporation v. Shell Oil Company (1969) cod 24 own cites 3× in case

#17 Union Pacific Railroad v. Santa Fe Pacific Pipelines, Inc. (2014) calctapp 46 own cites 2× in case

#18 State of Alaska v. 13.90 Acres of Land (1985) akd 9 own cites 5× in case

#19 No Oilport! v. Carter (1981) wawd 16 own cites 3× in case

#20 Exxon Corporation v. Manuel Lujan, Secretary of the United States Department of Interior, and the United States Department of Interior (1992) ca10 29 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.