Statute treatment: 5 C.F.R. § 1201.183

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 727 citation events across 319 distinct cases.

727citations total

319distinct interpreting cases

3distinct courts

512citations in last 5y

1993–2026year range

Top 8 leading cases

#1 Janice Perry v. Department of the Army (1993) cafc 36 own cites 4× in case

#2 Allen v. Department of Veterans Affairs (2011) cafc 26 own cites 4× in case

#3 Lutz v. United States Postal Service (2007) cafc 40 own cites 1× in case

#4 Marshall v. Department of Health and Human Services (2009) cafc 28 own cites 1× in case

#5 Lloyd H. Holmes v. Department of Veterans Affairs (1995) cafc 12 own cites 1× in case

#6 Bernard v. Department of Agriculture (2015) cafc 3 own cites 3× in case

#7 Graves v. Department of the Navy (2013) cafc 1 own cites 4× in case

#8 Mary Abbott v. United States Postal Service (2023) mspb 1 own cites 2× 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.