Statute treatment: 31 U.S.C. § 9101

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 57 citation events across 45 distinct cases.

57citations total

45distinct interpreting cases

22distinct courts

5citations in last 5y

1983–2026year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Lebron v. National Railroad Passenger Corporation (1995) scotus 471 own cites 2× in case

#2 United States Ex Rel. Totten v. Bombardier Corp. (2002) cadc 160 own cites 2× in case

#3 Village of Oakwood v. State Bank and Trust Co. (2008) ca6 108 own cites 2× in case

#4 Catherine Cotton v. I. Michael Heyman, Secretary, the Smithsonian Institution (1995) cadc 132 own cites 1× in case

#5 State of Michigan and Michigan Education Trust v. United States (1995) ca6 25 own cites 2× in case

#6 Galvan, Gilbert W. v. Fed Pris Indust Inc (1999) cadc 62 own cites 1× in case

#7 Henry Anderson v. The National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) (1985) ca7 37 own cites 1× in case

#8 Lebron v. National RR Passenger Corp.(Amtrak) (1993) nysd 18 own cites 1× in case

#9 Burton v. United States Olympic Committee (1983) cacd 15 own cites 1× in case

#10 Office Depot, Inc. v. United States (2010) uscfc 14 own cites 1× in case

#11 Kennedy C. Scott v. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (2005) ca8 12 own cites 1× in case

#12 Hill International, Inc. v. National Railroad Passenger Corp. (1996) njd 5 own cites 2× in case

#13 Xiangyuan Zhu v. Federal Housing Finance Board (2005) ksd 9 own cites 1× in case

#14 Saratoga Development Corp. v. United States (1994) cadc 20 own cites 2× in case

#15 Saratoga Development Corp. v. United States (1991) dcd 7 own cites 1× in case

#16 United States Ex Rel. Totten v. Bombardier Corp. (2001) dcd 6 own cites 1× in case

#17 Coffey v. United States Ex Rel. Commodity Credit Corp. (1986) ksd 6 own cites 1× in case

#18 Griffith v. Columbus Area Chapter of the American Red Cross (1988) ohsd 6 own cites 1× in case

#19 Resolution Trust Corp. v. Ford Mall Associates Ltd. Partnership (1992) mnd 3 own cites 1× in case

#20 Optiperu, S.A. v. Overseas Private Investment Corp. (1986) dcd 3 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.