Statute treatment: 5 C.F.R. § 1201.22

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 795 citation events across 486 distinct cases.

795citations total

486distinct interpreting cases

22distinct courts

278citations in last 5y

1980–2026year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Diane C. Shiflett v. United States Postal Service (1988) cafc 34 own cites 8× in case

#2 Juanita C. Mendoza v. Merit Systems Protection Board (1992) cafc 291 own cites 3× in case

#3 Herring v. Merit Systems Protection Board (2015) cafc 20 own cites 4× in case

#4 Mora v. Secretary of Health and Human Services (2015) uscfc 9 own cites 5× in case

#5 Daniel R. Krizman v. Merit Systems Protection Board, and United States Postal Service, Intervenor (1996) cafc 35 own cites 2× in case

#6 Carlton A. Walls v. Merit Systems Protection Board (1994) cafc 150 own cites 1× in case

#7 Margaret C. Pyles v. Merit Systems Protection Board (1995) cafc 16 own cites 3× in case

#8 Norman R. Rowe v. Merit Systems Protection Board (1986) cafc 111 own cites 1× in case

#9 Charlotte A. Miller v. Department of the Army (1993) cafc 26 own cites 2× in case

#10 Eugene P. Turner v. Merit Systems Protection Board, Alonzo Mickens and Michael A. Ashe v. Merit Systems Protection Board (1986) cafc 23 own cites 2× in case

#11 Sloan v. West (1998) ca9 76 own cites 1× in case

#12 Gary F. Mueller, Jerry E. Shechtman and Andrew T. Nulty v. United States Postal Service, and Merit Systems Protection Board, Intervenor (1996) cafc 55 own cites 1× in case

#13 Charles Clark v. United States Postal Service (1993) cafc 50 own cites 1× in case

#14 Harold Smith v. City of Chicago (1985) ca7 49 own cites 1× in case

#15 Joan Bacashihua v. Merit Systems Protection Board (1987) cafc 45 own cites 1× in case

#16 Eugene H. Casey v. Merit Systems Protection Board (1984) cafc 13 own cites 2× in case

#17 Tatum v. Merit Systems Protection Board (2012) cafc 4 own cites 5× in case

#18 National Treasury Employees Union v. Federal Labor Relations Authority (1983) cadc 34 own cites 1× in case

#19 Gary Anderson v. Department of Justice (1993) cafc 11 own cites 2× in case

#20 Danise J. Whittington v. Merit Systems Protection Board (1996) cafc 11 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.