Statute treatment: 42 U.S.C. § 7191

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 84 citation events across 51 distinct cases.

84citations total

51distinct interpreting cases

20distinct courts

0citations in last 5y

1979–1995year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 United States v. Thompson (1982) ca10 17 own cites 10× in case

#2 Association of National Advertisers, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission (1980) cadc 182 own cites 1× in case

#3 United States v. Best (1979) cod 17 own cites 3× in case

#4 United States v. Tex-La Electric Cooperative, Inc., United States of America v. Northeast Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc. (1982) ca5 24 own cites 2× in case

#5 Shimek v. Department of Energy (1981) tecoa 6 own cites 5× in case

#6 United States v. City of Fulton (1986) scotus 56 own cites 1× in case

#7 Taunton Municipal Lighting Plant v. Department of Energy (1982) tecoa 9 own cites 3× in case

#8 Pacific Power & Light Co. v. Duncan (1980) ord 9 own cites 3× in case

#9 St. Louis Fuel and Supply Company, Inc. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (1989) cadc 42 own cites 1× in case

#10 United States v. Sutton (1986) tecoa 38 own cites 1× in case

#11 Planning Research Corp. v. United States (1983) cc 11 own cites 2× in case

#12 Mt. Airy Refining Co. v. Schlesinger (1979) dcd 6 own cites 3× in case

#13 MAPCO International Inc. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (1993) tecoa 24 own cites 1× in case

#14 Atlantic Richfield Co. v. United States Department of Energy (1981) tecoa 5 own cites 3× in case

#15 Naph-Sol Refining Co. v. Murphy Oil Corp. (1982) miwd 14 own cites 1× in case

#16 United States v. Karin L. Dukehart, Jeffrey Joe Hinton, and Chuck Dearborn David, Defendants (1982) ca10 12 own cites 1× in case

#17 Caribou Four Corners, Inc. v. American Oil Co. (1985) utd 5 own cites 2× in case

#18 United States v. Seward (1982) ca10 61 own cites 1× in case

#19 United States v. Jacqueline Peters and Pamela Teller (1982) ca10 8 own cites 1× in case

#20 Diamond Shamrock Corp. v. Edwards (1981) ded 7 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.