Statute treatment: 5 U.S.C. § 4303

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 463 citation events across 260 distinct cases.

463citations total

260distinct interpreting cases

32distinct courts

81citations in last 5y

1975–2025year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Albert J. Lovshin v. Department of the Navy (1985) cafc 79 own cites 10× in case

#2 United States v. Fausto (1988) scotus 990 own cites 4× in case

#3 Leonard L. Lisiecki v. Merit Systems Protection Board (1985) cafc 49 own cites 10× in case

#4 Richard L. Windsor v. The Tennessean (1984) ca6 368 own cites 4× in case

#5 Marcia R. Harrison v. Otis R. Bowen, Secretary, H.H.S (1987) cadc 71 own cites 7× in case

#6 Walter A. Warren v. Department of the Army (1986) cafc 95 own cites 4× in case

#7 Jane Doe v. United States Department of Justice (1985) cadc 467 own cites 2× in case

#8 David K. Schafer v. Department of the Interior (1996) cafc 20 own cites 8× in case

#9 Janet L. Wallace v. Department of the Air Force (1989) cafc 62 own cites 4× in case

#10 Charles E. Wagner, for Himself and Others Similarly Situated v. Reese H. Taylor, Jr., Chairman, Interstate Commerce Commission (1987) cadc 104 own cites 2× in case

#11 Dotson v. Griesa (2005) ca2 93 own cites 2× in case

#12 Rodriguez v. DVA (2021) cafc 79 own cites 2× in case

#13 Lawrence E. Link v. Department of the Treasury (1995) cafc 72 own cites 2× in case

#14 Joseph E. Paige v. Henry Cisneros, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and Edwin Eisenrath, Regional Administrator (1996) ca7 29 own cites 3× in case

#15 Paul Lawrence v. Vernon D. Acree (1981) cadc 59 own cites 2× in case

#16 Milton R. Stone v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (1999) cafc 307 own cites 1× in case

#17 Ismael R. Diaz v. Department of the Air Force (1995) cafc 26 own cites 3× in case

#18 Smets v. Department of the Navy (2012) cafc 55 own cites 2× in case

#19 Kirkendall v. Department of the Army (2007) cafc 55 own cites 2× in case

#20 Furey v. Mnuchin (2018) cadc 8 own cites 6× 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.