Statute treatment: 5 C.F.R. § 1201.154

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 408 citation events across 190 distinct cases.

408citations total

190distinct interpreting cases

30distinct courts

151citations in last 5y

1982–2026year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Perry v. Merit Systems Protection Bd. (2017) scotus 4,097 own cites 3× in case

#2 Kloeckner v. Solis (2012) scotus 287 own cites 4× in case

#3 Conforto v. Merit Systems Protection Board (2013) cafc 87 own cites 6× in case

#4 Susan Morris v. Gina McCarthy (2016) cadc 154 own cites 3× in case

#5 Leslie Kerr v. Sally Jewell (2016) ca9 31 own cites 6× in case

#6 Danise J. Whittington v. Merit Systems Protection Board (1996) cafc 11 own cites 11× in case

#7 Arnold Wilson v. Department of Veterans Affairs (2022) mspb 69 own cites 3× in case

#8 Evelyn McAdams v. Janet Reno, United States Attorney General, in Her Official Capacity and as Agency Head United States of America (1995) ca8 87 own cites 2× in case

#9 Robert J. SADDLER, Petitioner, v. DEPARTMENT OF the ARMY, Respondent (1995) cafc 12 own cites 6× in case

#10 Sloan v. West (1998) ca9 76 own cites 2× in case

#11 James E. Lang v. Merit Systems Protection Board (2000) cafc 19 own cites 4× in case

#12 Lawrence Niskey v. John F. Kelly (2017) cadc 64 own cites 2× in case

#13 Bonds v. Leavitt (2011) ca4 360 own cites 1× in case

#14 White v. Merit Systems Protection Board (2007) cafc 9 own cites 5× in case

#15 Willie Davis v. Department of Veterans Affairs (2022) mspb 8 own cites 5× in case

#16 Darlene BUTLER, Appellant, v. Togo D. WEST, Jr., Secretary, Department of the Army, Appellee (1999) cadc 124 own cites 1× in case

#17 Charles R. Connor v. United States Postal Service (1994) cafc 12 own cites 3× in case

#18 Harms v. Internal Revenue Service (2003) ca10 77 own cites 1× in case

#19 Kim L. Hamilton v. Merit Systems Protection Board (1996) cafc 20 own cites 2× in case

#20 Francis X. Downey v. Marvin T. Runyon, Jr., Postmaster General (1999) ca2 54 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.