Statute treatment: 5 U.S.C. § 724

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 18 citation events across 12 distinct cases.

18citations total

12distinct interpreting cases

9distinct courts

0citations in last 5y

1939–1984year range

Top 11 leading cases

#1 Wayne Lindahl v. Office of Personnel Management (1983) cafc 34 own cites 2× in case

#2 Miller v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue (1944) ca4 51 own cites 1× in case

#3 Rafferty v. United States (1954) ca3 21 own cites 1× in case

#4 Boerner v. United States (1941) ca2 20 own cites 1× in case

#5 Warren v. United States (1984) cc 12 own cites 1× in case

#6 Brown v. United States (1952) cadc 5 own cites 2× in case

#7 Amanda C. Yarbrough v. United States, and Reginald Daniely, 1 Alvin B. Martin and Mary Lee Smith, Third-Party (1965) ca3 8 own cites 1× in case

#8 Ashton v. Ashton (1955) dc 3 own cites 2× in case

#9 Boerner v. United States (1939) nyed 6 own cites 4× in case

#10 Abubot v. United States (1982) cc 3 own cites 1× in case

#11 Yarbrough v. United States (1965) cc 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.