Statute treatment: 45 U.S.C. § 181

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 429 citation events across 352 distinct cases.

429citations total

352distinct interpreting cases

66distinct courts

42citations in last 5y

1943–2026year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 United States v. United Mine Workers of America (1947) scotus 2,843 own cites 1× in case

#2 United Independent Flight Officers, Inc. v. United Air Lines, Inc., and Air Line Pilots Association, International (1985) ca7 74 own cites 3× in case

#3 Air Line Pilots Association, International, Cross v. United Air Lines, Inc., Cross-Appellee (1986) ca7 67 own cites 3× in case

#4 Sture v. Sigfred v. Pan American World Airways, Inc. (1956) ca5 29 own cites 3× in case

#5 William Michael Jones v. Union Pacific Railroad Company, United Transportation Union (1992) ca9 322 own cites 1× in case

#6 Thibodeaux v. Executive Jet Internaional, Inc. (2003) ca5 21 own cites 3× in case

#7 Railway Labor Executives' Association v. Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Co., Interstate Commerce Commission, Intervenor (1988) ca3 41 own cites 2× in case

#8 Billie Davenport v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Afl-Cio (1999) cadc 195 own cites 1× in case

#9 Hugh Hart v. Overseas National Airways Inc (1976) ca3 37 own cites 2× in case

#10 Air Line Stewards & Stewardesses Ass'n, International v. Trans World Airlines, Inc. (1959) nysd 5 own cites 8× in case

#11 Walter McAlester v. United Air Lines, Inc., a Delaware Corporation (1988) ca10 150 own cites 1× in case

#12 Osama Taha v. International Brotherhood of T (2020) ca7 145 own cites 1× in case

#13 Wisconsin Central, Ltd. v. Shannon (2008) ca7 145 own cites 1× in case

#14 Eduardo C. Bautista v. Pan American World Airlines, Inc. (1987) ca9 142 own cites 1× in case

#15 Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employes v. United Air Lines, Inc. (1963) ca6 32 own cites 2× in case

#16 Harris A. Grote v. Trans World Airlines, Inc. Fred Vanhoosen Douglas Heggie Lawrence Marinelli, M.D. Bradford Berg (1990) ca9 30 own cites 2× in case

#17 Alaska Airlines v. Judy Schurke (2018) ca9 122 own cites 1× in case

#18 McCoy v. Southwest Airlines Co. (2002) cacd 110 own cites 1× in case

#19 Bertulli v. Independent Ass'n of Continental Pilots (2001) ca5 107 own cites 1× in case

#20 Jennifer Miller v. Southwest Airlines Company (2019) ca7 107 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.