Statute treatment: 42 U.S.C. § 2000aa

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 88 citation events across 56 distinct cases.

88citations total

56distinct interpreting cases

32distinct courts

18citations in last 5y

1982–2025year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Davis v. Gracey (1997) ca10 68 own cites 2× in case

#2 S.H.A.R.K. v. Metro Parks Serving Summit County (2007) ca6 67 own cites 2× in case

#3 Brokers' Choice of America, Inc. v. NBC Universal, Inc. (2014) ca10 231 own cites 1× in case

#4 Richard R. Barnes v. State of Missouri (1992) ca8 157 own cites 1× in case

#5 United States v. Dyer (2009) ca1 26 own cites 2× in case

#6 Klitzman, Klitzman and Gallagher v. Robert J. Krut, Vernon Holmes, W. Hunt Dumont, Michael Milner (1984) ca3 97 own cites 1× in case

#7 Sennett v. United States (2012) ca4 22 own cites 2× in case

#8 In Re Cornyn (2000) texapp 43 own cites 1× in case

#9 John Doe v. Jay B. Stephens (1988) cadc 41 own cites 1× in case

#10 Garcia v. Montgomery County (2015) mdd 12 own cites 2× in case

#11 United States v. Hunter (1998) vtd 33 own cites 1× in case

#12 Binion v. City of St. Paul (2011) mnd 11 own cites 2× in case

#13 Guest v. Leis (2001) ca6 263 own cites 1× in case

#14 Crenshaw-Logal v. City of Abilene (2011) ca5 26 own cites 1× in case

#15 United States v. Ali (2012) dcd 23 own cites 1× in case

#16 Jama v. United States Immigration & Naturalization Service (2004) njd 22 own cites 1× in case

#17 Christians v. Crystal Evangelical Free Church (In Re Young) (1998) ca8 35 own cites 2× in case

#18 Lambert v. Polk County, Iowa (1989) iasd 7 own cites 2× in case

#19 Sneirson v. Chemical Bank (1985) ded 15 own cites 1× in case

#20 Magic Valley Evangelical Free Church, Inc. v. Fitzgerald (In Re Hodge) (1998) idd 10 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.