Statute treatment: 30 U.S.C. § 26

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 168 citation events across 103 distinct cases.

168citations total

103distinct interpreting cases

31distinct courts

5citations in last 5y

1964–2024year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 United States v. Locke (1985) scotus 832 own cites 2× in case

#2 California Coastal Commission v. Granite Rock Co. (1987) scotus 242 own cites 2× in case

#3 Silver Surprize, Inc. v. Sunshine Mining Co. (1968) wash 44 own cites 4× in case

#4 Tosco Corp. v. Hodel (1985) cod 29 own cites 5× in case

#5 United States v. Ray Shumway Molly Shumway (1999) ca9 202 own cites 2× in case

#6 Watt v. Western Nuclear, Inc. (1983) scotus 127 own cites 2× in case

#7 People v. Rinehart (2016) cal 13 own cites 6× in case

#8 United States v. Ned N. Richardson and Dorothy M. Richardson, Husband and Wife (1979) ca9 24 own cites 3× in case

#9 Silver Syndicate, Inc. v. Sunshine Mining Co. (1979) idaho 43 own cites 2× in case

#10 Ken McMaster v. United States (2013) ca9 36 own cites 2× in case

#11 Silver Surprize, Inc. v. Sunshine Mining Co. (1976) washctapp 11 own cites 4× in case

#12 Charles R. Kunkes and Marguerite v. Kunkes v. United States (1996) cafc 30 own cites 2× in case

#13 Edward R. Swoboda v. Pala Mining, Inc., Jean Magee as of the Estate of William Magee and Eduard Link (1988) ca9 6 own cites 6× in case

#14 National Wildlife Federation v. Robert F. Burford, Mountain States Legal Foundation (Two Cases) (1987) cadc 114 own cites 1× in case

#15 Marathon Oil Co. v. Lujan (1990) cod 14 own cites 3× in case

#16 Manning v. United States (1998) ca10 104 own cites 1× in case

#17 Robert v. Ferry v. Stewart L. Udall, Secretary of the Interior, Autrice Copeland Freeman v. Stewart L. Udall, Secretary of the Interior (1964) ca9 87 own cites 1× in case

#18 United States v. Langley (1984) caed 12 own cites 3× in case

#19 State Ex Rel. Andrus v. Click (1976) idaho 21 own cites 2× in case

#20 United States v. Rory Doremus and David Doremus (1989) ca9 71 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.