Statute treatment: 49 U.S.C. § 17

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 249 citation events across 178 distinct cases.

249citations total

178distinct interpreting cases

66distinct courts

2citations in last 5y

1947–2024year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Kansas City Southern Railway Company v. Great Lakes Carbon Corporation (1980) ca8 84 own cites 8× in case

#2 Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (1947) scotus 757 own cites 3× in case

#3 United States v. Interstate Commerce Commission (1949) scotus 240 own cites 3× in case

#4 Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation v. LTV Corp. (1990) scotus 773 own cites 2× in case

#5 United States v. Southern Railway Company (1966) ca5 38 own cites 6× in case

#6 Pennsylvania Railroad v. United States (1960) scotus 90 own cites 3× in case

#7 NetworkIP, LLC v. Federal Communications Commission (2008) cadc 213 own cites 2× in case

#8 United States v. ICC (1949) scotus 76 own cites 3× in case

#9 Civil Aeronautics Board v. Delta Air Lines, Inc. (1961) scotus 196 own cites 2× in case

#10 Interstate Commerce Commission v. Atlantic Coast Line R. (1966) scotus 96 own cites 2× in case

#11 Federal Trade Commission v. Flotill Products, Inc. (1967) scotus 87 own cites 2× in case

#12 Alleghany Corp. v. Breswick & Co. (1957) scotus 81 own cites 2× in case

#13 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. United States (1973) pamd 35 own cites 3× in case

#14 Braniff Airways, Incorporated v. Civil Aeronautics Board, Eastern Air Lines, Inc., Intervenor (1967) cadc 288 own cites 1× in case

#15 Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. United States (1967) scotus 50 own cites 2× in case

#16 Chem-Haulers, Inc. v. The United States of America and the Interstate Commerce Commission (1976) ca5 48 own cites 2× in case

#17 American Trucking Associations, Inc. v. Frisco Transportation Co. (1958) scotus 171 own cites 1× in case

#18 Federal Maritime Commission v. Anglo-Canadian Shipping Company, Ltd. (1964) ca9 30 own cites 2× in case

#19 Resort Bus Lines, Inc. v. the Interstate Commerce Commission (1967) nysd 12 own cites 3× in case

#20 Seaboard Airline Railroad Company, a Corporation v. The United States (1967) cc 8 own cites 4× 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.