Statute treatment: 5 U.S.C. § 557

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 995 citation events across 666 distinct cases.

995citations total

666distinct interpreting cases

89distinct courts

107citations in last 5y

1967–2025year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Luther D. Mullen v. Otis Bowen, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Richard G. Shepherd v. Otis Bowen, Secretary of Health and Human Services (1986) ca6 1,624 own cites 4× in case

#2 Home Box Office, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of America, Professional Baseball, Intervenors (1977) cadc 401 own cites 4× in case

#3 United States v. Raddatz (1980) scotus 3,138 own cites 2× in case

#4 United States v. Mead Corp. (2001) scotus 3,083 own cites 2× in case

#5 Gunderson v. United States Department of Labor (2010) ca10 13 own cites 18× in case

#6 Camp v. Pitts (1973) scotus 2,308 own cites 2× in case

#7 Daniel P. Cotter v. Patricia Roberts Harris, Secretary of Health and Human Services (1981) ca3 2,016 own cites 2× in case

#8 McGautha v. California (1971) scotus 1,075 own cites 2× in case

#9 Darby v. Cisneros (1993) scotus 579 own cites 2× in case

#10 WHITE EAGLE CO-OP. ASS'N v. Conner (2009) ca7 29 own cites 6× in case

#11 T-Mobile South, LLC v. City of Roswell (2015) scotus 324 own cites 2× in case

#12 National Labor Relations Board v. Curtin Matheson Scientific, Inc. (1990) scotus 301 own cites 2× in case

#13 Lane-Rauth v. Barnhart (2006) dcd 90 own cites 3× in case

#14 Vineland Fireworks Co. v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (2008) ca3 12 own cites 8× in case

#15 Portland Audubon Society v. The Endangered Species Committee (1993) ca9 7 own cites 12× in case

#16 Shays v. Federal Election Commission (2005) cadc 135 own cites 2× in case

#17 Lucia v. SEC (2018) scotus 963 own cites 1× in case

#18 United States v. Arthrex, Inc. (2021) scotus 116 own cites 2× in case

#19 Electric Power Supply Ass'n v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (2004) cadc 26 own cites 4× in case

#20 JCC, Inc. v. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (1995) ca11 43 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.