Statute treatment: 47 U.S.C. § 522

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 1,703 citation events across 1,323 distinct cases.

1,703citations total

1,323distinct interpreting cases

81distinct courts

1,307citations in last 5y

1985–2025year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Federal Communications Commission v. Beach Communications, Inc. (1993) scotus 2,368 own cites 3× in case

#2 Time Warner Entertainment Co., L.P. v. Federal Communications Commission United States of America, Nynex Corporation, Intervenors (1995) cadc 78 own cites 6× in case

#3 Liberty Cable Co., Inc. v. City of New York (1995) nysd 16 own cites 14× in case

#4 Denver Area Educational Telecommunications Consortium, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission (1996) scotus 287 own cites 2× in case

#5 Rotten Records, Inc. v. Doe (2015) nywd 194 own cites 2× in case

#6 Rotten Records, Inc. v. Doe (2015) nywd 103 own cites 2× in case

#7 National Cable & Telecommunications Assn., Inc. v. Gulf Power Co. (2002) scotus 89 own cites 2× in case

#8 Digital Sin, Inc. v. Does 1-176 (2012) nysd 512 own cites 1× in case

#9 Pacific Bell Telephone Co. v. City of Walnut Creek (2006) cand 14 own cites 5× in case

#10 Manhattan Community Access Corp. v. Halleck (2019) scotus 417 own cites 1× in case

#11 National Cable & Telecommunications Ass'n v. Federal Communications Commission (2009) cadc 60 own cites 2× in case

#12 Rollins Cablevue, Inc. v. Saienni Enterprises (1986) ded 20 own cites 3× in case

#13 Cablevision of Southern Connecticut, Ltd. Partnership v. Smith (2001) ctd 38 own cites 2× in case

#14 Time Warner Cable Of New York City v. Bloomberg L.P. (1997) ca2 37 own cites 2× in case

#15 Viamedia, Incorporation v. Comcast Corporation (2020) ca7 142 own cites 1× in case

#16 Housatonic Cable Vision Co. v. Department of Public Utility Control (1985) ctd 16 own cites 3× in case

#17 Iowa Telephone Ass'n v. City of Hawarden (1999) iowa 15 own cites 3× in case

#18 United States v. Nelson Italiano (1988) ca11 27 own cites 2× in case

#19 Mediacom Southeast LLC v. BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. (2012) ca6 95 own cites 1× in case

#20 J&J Sports Prods., Inc. v. Patel (2018) gasd 5 own cites 6× 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.