Statute treatment: 49 U.S.C. § 1301

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 746 citation events across 473 distinct cases.

746citations total

473distinct interpreting cases

123distinct courts

19citations in last 5y

1959–2026year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Federal Aviation Administration and United States of America v. M. Marshall Landy and International Aircraft Leasing, Inc. (1983) ca2 91 own cites 14× in case

#2 Griggs v. Allegheny County (1962) scotus 377 own cites 4× in case

#3 City of Burbank v. Lockheed Air Terminal, Inc. (1973) scotus 500 own cites 3× in case

#4 Pan American World Airways, Inc., Trans World Airlines, Inc., American Airlines, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics Board, World Airways, Inc., Intervenors (1967) ca2 38 own cites 7× in case

#5 Viola Rogers, Guardian v. Ray Gardner Flying Service, Inc. (1970) ca5 42 own cites 6× in case

#6 United States v. Hector Luis Lopez Andino, United States of America v. Israel Mendez Santiago (1987) ca1 69 own cites 4× in case

#7 Las Vegas Hacienda, Inc. And Henry F. Price v. Civil Aeronautics Board (1962) ca9 31 own cites 5× in case

#8 Glover v. National Insurance Underwriters (1977) tex 200 own cites 2× in case

#9 Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Franklin Mint Corp. (1984) scotus 190 own cites 2× in case

#10 Heslin v. Connecticut Law Clinic of Trantolo & Trantolo (1983) conn 174 own cites 2× in case

#11 Dhl Corporation v. Civil Aeronautics Board (1978) ca9 14 own cites 7× in case

#12 Greater Westchester Homeowners Ass'n v. City of Los Angeles (1979) cal 113 own cites 2× in case

#13 United States v. Berdj Keuylian (1979) ca2 41 own cites 3× in case

#14 City of Oakland v. Nutter (1970) calctapp 24 own cites 4× in case

#15 Civil Aeronautics Board v. Aeromatic Travel Corp. (1974) ca2 34 own cites 3× in case

#16 United States v. City of Montgomery (1962) almd 33 own cites 3× in case

#17 Marilyn Joyce Sellfors, Etc. v. United States (1983) ca11 33 own cites 3× in case

#18 PHH Corp. v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (2018) cadc 65 own cites 2× in case

#19 Feldman v. Philadelphia National Bank (1976) paed 18 own cites 4× in case

#20 Summa Corp. v. Trans World Airlines, Inc. (1988) del 63 own cites 2× 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.