Statute treatment: 50 U.S.C. § 781

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 130 citation events across 95 distinct cases.

130citations total

95distinct interpreting cases

28distinct courts

1citations in last 5y

1950–2021year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Communist Party of United States v. Subversive Activities Control Bd. (1961) scotus 479 own cites 7× in case

#2 Kent v. Dulles (1958) scotus 641 own cites 2× in case

#3 Black v. Cutter Laboratories (1955) cal 40 own cites 3× in case

#4 City of Portland v. Tidyman (1988) or 89 own cites 2× in case

#5 Albertson v. Millard (1952) mied 17 own cites 4× in case

#6 American Civil Liberties Union v. Board of Education (1961) cal 41 own cites 2× in case

#7 Billy Maurice Ogden v. United States (1962) ca9 127 own cites 1× in case

#8 Schoenman v. Federal Bureau of Investigation (2011) dcd 28 own cites 2× in case

#9 Hernandez Lara v. Lyons (2021) ca1 112 own cites 1× in case

#10 Bernard E. Simon, M.D. v. Department of Justice (1992) cadc 107 own cites 1× in case

#11 Walter Briehl v. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State (1957) cadc 25 own cites 2× in case

#12 Communist Party of United States v. McGrath (1951) dcd 25 own cites 2× in case

#13 Lamont v. Department of Justice (1979) nysd 84 own cites 1× in case

#14 Peter Hanlon Irons v. Griffin B. Bell (1979) ca1 78 own cites 1× in case

#15 Dombrowski v. Pfister (1964) laed 20 own cites 2× in case

#16 American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born v. Subversive Activities Control Board (1964) cadc 10 own cites 3× in case

#17 National Council of American-Soviet Friendship, Inc. v. Subversive Activities Control Board (1963) cadc 17 own cites 2× in case

#18 Communist Party of the United States of America v. Subversive Activities Control Board (1958) cadc 49 own cites 1× in case

#19 Methodist Federation for Social Action v. Eastland (1956) dcd 14 own cites 2× in case

#20 Communist Party of the United States of America v. Subversive Activities Control Board (1955) cadc 44 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.