Statute treatment: 42 U.S.C. § 18041

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 118 citation events across 49 distinct cases.

118citations total

49distinct interpreting cases

31distinct courts

18citations in last 5y

2011–2025year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius (2012) scotus 995 own cites 2× in case

#2 Jacqueline Halbig v. Sylvia Mathews Burwell (2014) cadc 16 own cites 10× in case

#3 Halbig v. Sebelius (2014) dcd 13 own cites 11× in case

#4 Melissa Wilson v. Darin Gordon (2016) ca6 56 own cites 4× in case

#5 Gobeille v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co. (2016) scotus 166 own cites 2× in case

#6 King v. Burwell (2015) scotus 887 own cites 1× in case

#7 New Mex. Health Connections, Non-Profit Corp. v. U.S. Dep't of Health & Human Servs. (2018) nmd 9 own cites 8× in case

#8 Florida Ex Rel. Attorney General v. United States Department of Health & Human Services (2011) ca11 53 own cites 2× in case

#9 UnitedHealthcare of New York v. Lacewell (2020) ca2 6 own cites 8× in case

#10 Land of Lincoln Mutual Health Insurance Company v. United States (2016) uscfc 20 own cites 2× in case

#11 St. Louis Effort For AIDS v. John Huff (2015) ca8 68 own cites 1× in case

#12 Conway v. United States (2021) cafc 5 own cites 5× in case

#13 Hammer v. U.S. Dep't of Health & Human Servs. (2018) ca7 37 own cites 1× in case

#14 King v. Sebelius (2014) vaed 5 own cites 4× in case

#15 Minuteman Health, Inc. v. U.S. Dep't of Health & Human Servs. (2018) dcd 7 own cites 2× in case

#16 UnitedHealthcare of N.Y., Inc. v. Vullo (2018) ilsd 2 own cites 4× in case

#17 St. Louis Effort for Aids v. Huff (2014) mowd 2 own cites 3× in case

#18 American Council of Life Insurers v. District of Columbia Health Benefit Exchange Authority (2014) dcd 5 own cites 1× in case

#19 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina v. United States (2017) uscfc 5 own cites 1× in case

#20 Tex. Med. Res., LLP v. Molina Healthcare of Tex., Inc. (2019) txnd 2 own cites 2× 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.