Statute treatment: 49 U.S.C. § 1429

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 145 citation events across 69 distinct cases.

145citations total

69distinct interpreting cases

23distinct courts

0citations in last 5y

1960–2006year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Go Leasing, Inc. v. National Transportation Safety Board & Donald D. Engen, Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration (1986) ca9 49 own cites 16× in case

#2 Thomas E. Bowen v. United States (1978) ca7 125 own cites 2× in case

#3 Federal Aviation Administration and United States of America v. M. Marshall Landy and International Aircraft Leasing, Inc. (1983) ca2 91 own cites 2× in case

#4 Martha B. Gaunce v. Pierre H. Devincentis and Jack T. Parrish (1983) ca7 36 own cites 3× in case

#5 Ray Stern v. Alexander P. Butterfield, Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration, and National Transportation Safety Board (1976) ca5 15 own cites 5× in case

#6 Sheldon E. Pangburn v. Civil Aeronautics Board (1962) ca1 77 own cites 2× in case

#7 Atorie Air, Inc. v. Federal Aviation Administration, of the United States Department of Transportation, Roger Knight, Etc. (1991) ca5 73 own cites 2× in case

#8 William Wise Robinson v. James E. Dow and Philip M. Swatek (1975) ca6 24 own cites 3× in case

#9 McQuay v. Arkansas State Board of Architects (1999) ark 39 own cites 2× in case

#10 Joseph A. Roach v. The National Transportation Safety Board, and J. Lynn Helms, Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration (1986) ca10 33 own cites 2× in case

#11 Reid v. Engen (1985) ca9 29 own cites 2× in case

#12 Nevada Airlines, Inc. v. Bond (1980) ca9 54 own cites 4× in case

#13 Boris S. Nadiak v. Civil Aeronautics Board and Najeeb E. Halaby, Administrator of the Federalaviation Agency (1962) ca5 27 own cites 2× in case

#14 Leon E. Barnum v. National Transportation Safety Board (1979) cadc 9 own cites 4× in case

#15 United States v. Vertol H21c, Registration No. N8540, in Rem, Aviation Contractors, Inc., Claimant-Appellee (1976) ca9 21 own cites 2× in case

#16 James D. Morton, Jr. v. James E. Dow, Acting Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration, and National Transportation Safety Board (1975) ca10 21 own cites 2× in case

#17 T. Glen French v. Civil Aeronautics Board and William F. McKee Administrator, Federal Aviation Agency (1967) ca10 17 own cites 2× in case

#18 Reid v. Engen (1985) ca9 92 own cites 2× in case

#19 United States v. Paul Patric McBride (1986) ca10 8 own cites 3× in case

#20 Richard Essery v. Department of Transportation, National Transportation Safety Board Federal Aviation Administration (1988) ca9 39 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.