Statute treatment: 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-4

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 130 citation events across 115 distinct cases.

130citations total

115distinct interpreting cases

54distinct courts

14citations in last 5y

1967–2025year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Faragher v. City of Boca Raton (1998) scotus 6,106 own cites 1× in case

#2 Lewis v. Humboldt Acquisition Corp., Inc. (2012) ca6 350 own cites 2× in case

#3 William L. Mondy v. Secretary of the Army (1988) cadc 257 own cites 2× in case

#4 Garcia v. Department of Homeland Security (2006) cafc 370 own cites 1× in case

#5 Nancy Walsh v. Nevada Department of Human Resources, Division of Healthcare, Finance and Policy State of Nevada (2006) ca9 256 own cites 1× in case

#6 Tayler Bayer v. Neiman Marcus Group, Inc. (2017) ca9 190 own cites 1× in case

#7 Bonilla v. Muebles J.J. Alvarez, Inc. (1999) ca1 174 own cites 1× in case

#8 Robert Kenneth Dewey v. Reynolds Metals Company (1970) ca6 142 own cites 1× in case

#9 Colleen P. Kramer v. Banc of America Securities, LLC (2004) ca7 140 own cites 1× in case

#10 Lawrence Ellis Moore v. Donald Devine, Director of the Office of Personnel Management (1985) ca11 30 own cites 2× in case

#11 Ruby O. PORTER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Brock ADAMS Et Al., Defendants-Appellees (1981) ca5 94 own cites 1× in case

#12 Brenda COOPER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Andrew L. LEWIS, Jr., Secretary of Department of Transportation, Defendant-Appellee (1981) ca5 24 own cites 2× in case

#13 Claudette Lutz v. Glendale Union High School, District No. 205 Governing Board of Glendale Union High School, District No. 205 (2005) ca9 78 own cites 1× in case

#14 11 Fair empl.prac.cas. 161, 10 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 10,325 Barbara R. Hutchison, Cross-Appellant v. Lake Oswego School District No. 7, Cross-Appellees (1975) ca9 64 own cites 1× in case

#15 Alvarado v. Cajun Operating Co. (2009) ca9 58 own cites 1× in case

#16 Richards v. Griffith Rubber Mills (1969) ord 56 own cites 1× in case

#17 Patricia SHEEHAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PUROLATOR COURIER CORPORATION and Purolator, Inc., Defendants-Appellees (1982) ca2 54 own cites 1× in case

#18 United States v. Bogle (1988) flsd 15 own cites 2× in case

#19 General Accounting Office v. General Accounting Office Personnel Appeals Board, Morris L. Shaller, Intervenor (1983) cadc 46 own cites 1× in case

#20 Erlene Crosslin and Robert Crosslin, Her Husband v. The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company (1970) ca9 40 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.