Statute treatment: 50 U.S.C. § 1601

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 74 citation events across 54 distinct cases.

74citations total

54distinct interpreting cases

29distinct courts

17citations in last 5y

1979–2025year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Gholamreza Narenji, Behzad Vahedi, Cyrus Vahidnia v. Benjamin Civiletti, Attorney General, Confederation of Iranian Students v. Benjamin R. Civiletti (1980) cadc 89 own cites 2× in case

#2 United States v. Robert Rollins (2002) ca7 73 own cites 2× in case

#3 United States v. John E. Sandles (2006) ca6 24 own cites 3× in case

#4 Regan v. Wald (1984) scotus 249 own cites 1× in case

#5 Halliburton Co. v. Commissioner (1989) tax 27 own cites 2× in case

#6 New England Merchants National Bank v. Iran Power Generation & Transmission Co. (1980) nysd 23 own cites 2× in case

#7 United States v. Spawr Optical Research, Inc., a Corporation, Walter J. Spawr and Frances A. Spawr, Individuals (1982) ca9 19 own cites 2× in case

#8 Reading & Bates Corp. v. United States (1998) uscfc 66 own cites 1× in case

#9 United States v. Arch Trading Company (1993) ca4 64 own cites 1× in case

#10 Mario Alfonso Tagle and Lourdes A. Martinez v. Donald T. Regan, as Secretary of Treasury of the United States, Defendant (1981) ca5 17 own cites 2× in case

#11 In Re Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001 (2005) nysd 38 own cites 1× in case

#12 Kashani v. TSANN KUEN CHINA ENTERPRISE CO. (2004) calctapp 32 own cites 1× in case

#13 Continental Illinois Corp. v. Commissioner (1990) tax 10 own cites 2× in case

#14 Security Pacific National Bank v. Government & State of Iran (1981) cacd 17 own cites 1× in case

#15 National Oil Corp. v. Libyan Sun Oil Co. (1990) ded 17 own cites 1× in case

#16 Cornet Stores v. Azie Taylor Morton, Treasurer of the United States (1980) ca9 14 own cites 1× in case

#17 Siemens Energy, Inc. v. PDVSA (2023) ca2 11 own cites 1× in case

#18 Beacon Products Corp. v. Reagan (1986) mad 10 own cites 1× in case

#19 Farrakhan v. Reagan (1987) dcd 9 own cites 1× in case

#20 Sierra Club v. Trump (2019) cand 9 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.