Statute treatment: 33 U.S.C. § 1284

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 124 citation events across 58 distinct cases.

124citations total

58distinct interpreting cases

31distinct courts

4citations in last 5y

1974–2026year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Village of Westfield, N.Y., Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellee v. Welch's, Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellant (1999) ca2 141 own cites 2× in case

#2 United States v. City of Detroit v. County of Muskegon, Intervenor-Appellant (1983) ca6 29 own cites 4× in case

#3 Templeton Board of Sewer Commissioners v. American Tissue Mills of Massachusetts, Inc. (2003) ca1 26 own cites 4× in case

#4 Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners v. United States Department of Labor and Robert Reich, the Secretary of Labor (1993) ca3 57 own cites 2× in case

#5 Hotel Employers Association of San Francisco v. Anne M. Gorsuch, as Administrator of Environmental Protection Agency (1982) ca9 12 own cites 5× in case

#6 Town of New Chicago v. City of Lake Station Ex Rel. Lake Station Sanitary District (2010) indctapp 23 own cites 3× in case

#7 Welch Foods, Inc. v. Wilson (2000) nyappdiv 25 own cites 2× in case

#8 City of New Brunswick v. Borough of Milltown (1981) njd 7 own cites 4× in case

#9 J. E. Brenneman Co. v. Schramm (1979) paed 7 own cites 4× in case

#10 Cape May Greene, Inc. v. Warren (1983) ca3 61 own cites 1× in case

#11 City Of Detroit v. State Of Michigan (1986) ca6 9 own cites 3× in case

#12 Atlantic City Municipal Utilities Authority v. Regional Administrator (1985) njd 3 own cites 8× in case

#13 American Farm Bureau Federation v. United States Environmental Protection Agency (2015) ca3 46 own cites 1× in case

#14 CCTW&M v. United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region II (1978) njd 14 own cites 2× in case

#15 City of New York v. Diamond (1974) nysd 39 own cites 1× in case

#16 City of New Brunswick v. Borough of Milltown (1982) ca3 14 own cites 5× in case

#17 Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer Dist. v. Ruckelshaus (1984) moed 4 own cites 5× in case

#18 Gaynor-Stafford Industries, Inc. v. Water Pollution Control Authority (1984) conn 27 own cites 1× in case

#19 City of Detroit Ex Rel. Detroit Water & Sewerage Department v. Michigan (1982) mied 8 own cites 2× in case

#20 Meléndez Ortiz v. Valdejully (1987) prsupreme 18 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.