Statute treatment: 5 U.S.C. § 309

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 23 citation events across 19 distinct cases.

23citations total

19distinct interpreting cases

16distinct courts

0citations in last 5y

1938–2012year range

Top 17 leading cases

#1 Booth v. Fletcher (1938) cadc 102 own cites 3× in case

#2 Arra Ray Messenger v. United States (1956) ca2 122 own cites 1× in case

#3 M. M. Meredith v. Martin D. Van Oosterhout (1960) ca8 44 own cites 1× in case

#4 In the Matter of Alexander M. Goldberg v. Hon. Julius J. Hoffman, Hon. Herbert Brownell, Jr., Hon. H. Brian Holland and Hon. Robert Tieken (1955) ca7 44 own cites 1× in case

#5 Bush v. Orleans Parish School Board (1961) laed 33 own cites 1× in case

#6 Jefferson v. United States (2012) uscfc 27 own cites 1× in case

#7 Stephens v. First National Bank of Nevada (1947) nev 8 own cites 2× in case

#8 United States v. City of Philadelphia (1979) paed 20 own cites 1× in case

#9 Sunshine Mining Co. v. Carver (1940) idd 19 own cites 1× in case

#10 Sunshine Mining Co. v. Carver (1941) idd 19 own cites 1× in case

#11 Swanson v. Willis (1953) akd 15 own cites 1× in case

#12 Weiss v. Morgenthau (1964) nysd 4 own cites 2× in case

#13 Calhoun County v. Roberts (1943) ca5 8 own cites 1× in case

#14 United States v. 1,960 Acres of Land (1944) casd 8 own cites 1× in case

#15 United States v. Dollar (1951) cand 13 own cites 1× in case

#16 United States v. Nothern Pac. Ry. Co. (1941) waed 5 own cites 1× in case

#17 Castell v. United States (1938) ca2 5 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.