Statute treatment: 5 U.S.C. § 1009

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 1,280 citation events across 932 distinct cases.

1,280citations total

932distinct interpreting cases

107distinct courts

2citations in last 5y

1946–2026year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Carmen Gonzalez v. Orville L. Freeman (1964) cadc 216 own cites 7× in case

#2 Willapoint Oysters, Inc. v. Ewing (1949) ca9 148 own cites 6× in case

#3 Civil Aeronautics Board v. Delta Air Lines, Inc. (1961) scotus 196 own cites 5× in case

#4 Luckenbach Steamship Company v. United States (1959) ded 33 own cites 10× in case

#5 Woodby v. Immigration & Naturalization Service (1966) scotus 998 own cites 2× in case

#6 Alfred Coleman and Edward J. McClennan v. United States (1966) ca9 50 own cites 5× in case

#7 Wind River Mining Corporation v. United States of America Manuel Lujan, Jr. Delos Jacobson, Director of the Bureau of Land Management (1991) ca9 154 own cites 3× in case

#8 United States v. Carlo Bianchi & Co. (1963) scotus 469 own cites 2× in case

#9 Kansas City Power & Light Company v. Douglas McKay Secretary of the Interior (1955) cadc 143 own cites 3× in case

#10 Malone Freight Lines, Inc. v. United States (1962) alnd 18 own cites 8× in case

#11 Shaughnessy v. Pedreiro (1955) scotus 327 own cites 2× in case

#12 OSCAR MAYER & COMPANY v. United States (1967) wiwd 12 own cites 10× in case

#13 Samuel B. Franklin & Company v. Securities and Exchange Commission (1961) ca9 27 own cites 5× in case

#14 Abel Allan Goodman, an Individual Trading as Weavers Guild v. Federal Trade Commission (1957) ca9 72 own cites 3× in case

#15 United States Ex Rel. Trinler v. Carusi (1948) ca3 36 own cites 4× in case

#16 Air Line Dispatchers Ass'n v. National Mediation Board (1951) cadc 61 own cites 3× in case

#17 Interstate Commerce Commission v. J-T Transport Co. (1961) scotus 152 own cites 2× in case

#18 Rural Electrification Administration v. Northern States Power Company (1967) ca8 58 own cites 3× in case

#19 Eastern Central Motor Carriers Ass'n v. United States (1965) dcd 24 own cites 4× in case

#20 Clement L. McEachern v. United States (1963) ca4 39 own cites 3× 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.