Statute treatment: 49 U.S.C. § 11341

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 206 citation events across 101 distinct cases.

206citations total

101distinct interpreting cases

29distinct courts

1citations in last 5y

1980–2024year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Interstate Commerce Commission v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (1987) scotus 442 own cites 10× in case

#2 American Airlines, Inc. v. Wolens (1995) scotus 721 own cites 4× in case

#3 Cipollone v. Liggett Group, Inc. (1992) scotus 2,607 own cites 2× in case

#4 In Re the City of Georgetown (2001) tex 191 own cites 4× in case

#5 Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. American Train Dispatchers' Ass'n (1991) scotus 328 own cites 3× in case

#6 Railway Labor Executives' Association v. Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Co., Interstate Commerce Commission, Intervenor (1988) ca3 41 own cites 4× in case

#7 State of California Ex Rel. Van De Kamp v. Texaco (1988) cal 65 own cites 2× in case

#8 Crounse Corporation v. Interstate Commerce Commission and United States of America (1986) ca6 52 own cites 2× in case

#9 Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers v. Boston & Maine Corporation (1986) ca1 51 own cites 2× in case

#10 Missouri Pacific Railroad Company v. United Transportation Union (1986) ca8 11 own cites 5× in case

#11 Siegel Transfer, Inc. v. Carrier Express, Inc. (1995) ca3 210 own cites 1× in case

#12 Mo. Pac. R. Co. v. UNITED TRANSP. UNION, ETC. (1984) moed 4 own cites 11× in case

#13 American Train Dispatchers Association v. Interstate Commerce Commission and United States of America, Csx Transportation, Inc., Intervenor (1994) cadc 37 own cites 2× in case

#14 Victor J. Polich v. Burlington Northern, Inc. Burlington Northern Railroad Company, a Delaware Corporation (1991) ca9 113 own cites 1× in case

#15 cluster 507165 (1988) ca8 14 own cites 3× in case

#16 Railway Labor Executives' Association v. United States of America and the Interstate Commerce Commission, Boston & Maine Corporation, Intervenors (1993) cadc 104 own cites 1× in case

#17 Hall v. Norfolk Southern Railway Company (2006) ca7 94 own cites 1× in case

#18 PCS Phosphate Co., Inc. v. Norfolk Southern Corp. (2009) ca4 93 own cites 1× in case

#19 Pejepscot Industrial Park, Inc. v. Maine Central Railroad (2000) ca1 90 own cites 1× in case

#20 Board Of Trustees Of Trucking Employees Of North Jersey Welfare Fund, Inc.--Pension Fund v. Centra (1992) ca3 61 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.