Statute treatment: 42 U.S.C. § 1320d-6

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 184 citation events across 122 distinct cases.

184citations total

122distinct interpreting cases

67distinct courts

75citations in last 5y

2004–2026year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Cooney v. Chicago Public Schools (2010) illappct 63 own cites 5× in case

#2 Katayoon Bereston v. UHS of Delaware, Inc. & District Hospital Partners, LP, d/b/a George Washington University Hospital (2018) dc 16 own cites 6× in case

#3 University of Colorado Hospital Authority v. Denver Publishing Co. (2004) cod 21 own cites 5× in case

#4 State Ex Rel. Protective Health Services State Department of Health v. Vaughn (2009) okla 89 own cites 2× in case

#5 T.M. v. Elwyn, Inc. (2008) pasuperct 75 own cites 2× in case

#6 State v. Jessica M. Randall (2019) wis 11 own cites 4× in case

#7 Stevens ex rel. Stevens v. Hickman Community Health Care Services, Inc. (2013) tenn 118 own cites 1× in case

#8 Andrew Martin v. United States (2018) ca6 96 own cites 1× in case

#9 Yath v. Fairview Clinics, N. P. (2009) minnctapp 23 own cites 2× in case

#10 In Re Collins (2009) tex 60 own cites 1× in case

#11 Jill C. Barber v. Camden Clark Memorial Hospital Corp. (2018) wva 14 own cites 2× in case

#12 Wright v. Anding (2017) alaska 42 own cites 1× in case

#13 Nguyen v. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2018) mass 34 own cites 1× in case

#14 Holmes v. Nightingale (2007) okla 10 own cites 2× in case

#15 Brenda Mitze v. Andrew Saul (2020) ca7 25 own cites 1× in case

#16 R.K. v. St. Mary's Medical Center, Inc. (2012) wva 24 own cites 1× in case

#17 State Ex Rel. Proctor v. Messina (2010) mo 21 own cites 1× in case

#18 Elizabeth Lawson v. Patricia Halpern-Reiss and Central Vermont Medical Center (2019) vt 20 own cites 1× in case

#19 State v. Straehler (2007) wisctapp 15 own cites 1× in case

#20 In re Miguel M. (2011) ny 15 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.