Statute treatment: 42 U.S.C. § 1397

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 131 citation events across 97 distinct cases.

131citations total

97distinct interpreting cases

49distinct courts

3citations in last 5y

1976–2024year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Quern v. Mandley (1978) scotus 173 own cites 4× in case

#2 Patterson v. Planned Parenthood of Houston and Southeast Texas, Inc. (1998) tex 611 own cites 2× in case

#3 Maryland Department of Human Resources v. Department of Health and Human Services (1985) cadc 187 own cites 3× in case

#4 In Re Casey D. (1999) calctapp 684 own cites 1× in case

#5 Planned Parenthood of Gulf Coast, Inc. v. Gee (2017) ca5 42 own cites 2× in case

#6 Rachel Moore v. Mississippi Valley State University (1989) ca5 192 own cites 1× in case

#7 Ruiz v. Blum (1982) nysd 11 own cites 4× in case

#8 Frederick L. v. Department of Public Welfare (2001) paed 29 own cites 2× in case

#9 Sockwell v. Maloney (1976) ctd 14 own cites 3× in case

#10 Colorado General Assembly v. Lamm (1987) colo 16 own cites 2× in case

#11 Allen v. Colautti (1980) pacommwct 46 own cites 1× in case

#12 United States v. William G. Burgin, Jr. And David Flavous Lambert, Jr. (1980) ca5 44 own cites 1× in case

#13 Brenda Crawford, Etc. v. Edwin L. Pittman (1983) ca5 40 own cites 1× in case

#14 Mabel Vickers v. James L. Trainor, Director, Illinois Department of Public Aid (1976) ca7 38 own cites 1× in case

#15 Webb v. District of Columbia Department of Human Services (1992) dc 12 own cites 2× in case

#16 Wee Care Child Center, Inc. v. Lumpkin (2012) ca6 34 own cites 1× in case

#17 Bolden v. Pennsylvania State Police (1980) paed 28 own cites 1× in case

#18 State of Connecticut, and State of California, Plaintiffs-Intervenors v. Richard S. Schweiker, Secretary of Health and Human Services (1982) cadc 28 own cites 1× in case

#19 Unicare Health Facilities, Inc. v. Miller (1979) ilnd 8 own cites 2× in case

#20 Gagne v. Maher (1979) ca2 169 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.