Statute treatment: 39 U.S.C. § 1209

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 77 citation events across 53 distinct cases.

77citations total

53distinct interpreting cases

22distinct courts

2citations in last 5y

1974–2022year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Old Dominion Branch No. 496 v. Austin (1974) scotus 720 own cites 2× in case

#2 United States Postal Service v. National Association of Letter Carriers, Afl-Cio (1993) cadc 39 own cites 6× in case

#3 National Labor Relations Board v. United States Postal Service and American Postal Workers Union (1987) ca6 32 own cites 2× in case

#4 American Postal Workers Union, Afl-Cio, Wilma M. Carter v. United States Postal Service (1983) cadc 89 own cites 1× in case

#5 Darrell D. McNair v. United States Postal Service (1985) ca5 50 own cites 1× in case

#6 National Labor Relations Board v. United States Postal Service (1994) ca3 47 own cites 1× in case

#7 cluster 413331 (1983) ca6 34 own cites 1× in case

#8 Malone v. United States Postal Service (1975) ca6 34 own cites 1× in case

#9 Fraternal Order of Police, National Labor Council, USPS No. 2 v. United States Postal Service (1997) nysd 11 own cites 2× in case

#10 Edward Kuhn v. National Association of Letter Carriers, Branch 5 and International Association of Letter Carriers and United States Postal Service (1978) ca8 31 own cites 1× in case

#11 Geraldine L. McCandless and Fleetwood S. Quittley and Deborah M. Kintner v. Merit Systems Protection Board (1993) cafc 30 own cites 1× in case

#12 Bennett v. Barnett (2000) ca5 28 own cites 1× in case

#13 Marilyn Mitchell Kevin Bale Susan Boorstein v. Continental Airlines, Inc. International Association of MacHinists and Aerospace Workers (2007) ca5 25 own cites 1× in case

#14 National Post Office Mail Handlers, Watchmen, Messengers & Group Leaders Division of the Laborers' International Union v. Johnson (In Re Johnson) (1992) vaeb 25 own cites 1× in case

#15 Bruce Stupy, for Himself and for Others Similarly Situated v. United States Postal Service, the National Rural Letter Carriers Association (1991) ca9 24 own cites 1× in case

#16 Sylvester Blaze v. Gary Payne, United States Postal Service (1987) ca5 19 own cites 1× in case

#17 American Postal Workers Union v. United States Postal Service (1984) dcd 7 own cites 2× in case

#18 Eugene G. Chin v. The United States (1989) cafc 15 own cites 1× in case

#19 Jackson v. United States (1986) cc 14 own cites 1× in case

#20 Donald C. Miles v. United States Postal Service, Ken Strom, and Does 1-10, Inclusive (1977) ca9 13 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.