45 U.S.C. § 231a — Statute Treatment

Statute treatment: 45 U.S.C. § 231a

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 33 citation events across 24 distinct cases.
33citations total
24distinct interpreting cases
19distinct courts
5citations in last 5y
1977–2024year range
Top 18 leading cases
#1 Califano v. Goldfarb (1977) scotus 385 own cites 2× in case
#2 CSX Transportation, Inc. v. Miller (2010) ala 18 own cites 2× in case
#3 Alberta E. Burns, on Behalf of Herself and All Others Similarly Situated v. United States Railroad Retirement Board (1983) cadc 10 own cites 2× in case
#4 Elizabeth M. Costello v. United States Railroad Retirement Board (1985) ca8 10 own cites 2× in case
#5 Vollmar v. CSX Transportation, Inc. (1989) vaed 23 own cites 1× in case
#6 Perkins v. Perkins (2001) washctapp 20 own cites 1× in case
#7 In re the Marriage of Perkins (2001) washctapp 18 own cites 1× in case
#8 Milan Cvikich v. Railroad Retirement Board (1988) ca3 6 own cites 2× in case
#9 Linquist v. Bowen (1986) mowd 14 own cites 1× in case
#10 Rachel v. Consolidated Rail Corp. (1995) ohnd 9 own cites 1× in case
#11 Claudette P. Johnson v. United States Railroad Retirement Board (1991) ca11 8 own cites 1× in case
#12 Rommelfanger v. Rommelfanger (1983) wisctapp 7 own cites 1× in case
#13 Crawford v. Crawford (2003) alacivapp 3 own cites 2× in case
#14 CSX Transportation, Inc. v. Gardner (2007) indctapp 5 own cites 1× in case
#15 Louie J. Capovilla v. Railroad Retirement Board (1991) ca9 4 own cites 1× in case
#16 In Re Jones (2011) ksb 3 own cites 1× in case
#17 Samuel Stephens, Jr. v. U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (2012) ca9 1 own cites 2× in case
#18 Vollmar v. CSX Transportation, Inc. (1990) ca4 1 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.