Statute treatment: 5 U.S.C. § 552a(e)(3)

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 51 citation events across 32 distinct cases.

51citations total

32distinct interpreting cases

21distinct courts

3citations in last 5y

1979–2024year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Louis P. Cardamone v. William H. Cohen (2001) ca6 24 own cites 4× in case

#2 Houston v. United States Department of Treasury (1979) dcd 23 own cites 3× in case

#3 United States of America and S. Lee Rabney, Revenue Officer of the Internal Revenue Service v. Theodore M. McAnlis (1983) ca11 27 own cites 2× in case

#4 Mary Alma Tierney v. Richard S. Schweiker, Secretary of Health and Human Services. Ava P. Trahan v. Donald T. Regan, Secretary of the Treasury (1983) cadc 27 own cites 2× in case

#5 Thompson v. Department of State (2005) dcd 20 own cites 2× in case

#6 Saunders v. Schweiker (1981) nywd 13 own cites 2× in case

#7 Doe v. United States Department of Justice (2009) dcd 36 own cites 1× in case

#8 Delma S. Usher v. Secretary of Health and Human Services (1983) ca1 9 own cites 2× in case

#9 United States v. Horace E. Bressler (1985) ca7 21 own cites 1× in case

#10 United States v. David H. Bell (1984) ca8 6 own cites 2× in case

#11 Beller v. Middendorf (1980) ca9 181 own cites 1× in case

#12 Glasgold v. Secretary of Health and Human Services (1982) nyed 10 own cites 1× in case

#13 Schmitt v. City of Detroit (2003) mied 4 own cites 2× in case

#14 Field v. Brown (1979) cadc 10 own cites 3× in case

#15 United States v. Philip Annunziato, United States of America v. Richard Kreling (1981) ca9 6 own cites 1× in case

#16 Jane Doe v. Rob Bonta (2024) ca9 6 own cites 1× in case

#17 Covert v. Harrington (1989) ca9 19 own cites 1× in case

#18 Greidinger v. Davis (1992) vaed 5 own cites 1× in case

#19 Marzen v. United States Department of Health & Human Services (1986) ilnd 5 own cites 1× in case

#20 Sweeney v. Chertoff (2006) ca5 2 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.