Statute treatment: 5 U.S.C. § 8131

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 38 citation events across 26 distinct cases.

38citations total

26distinct interpreting cases

20distinct courts

1citations in last 5y

1968–2025year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Nicholas J. Janakes, on Behalf of Himself and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. United States Postal Service (1985) ca9 62 own cites 2× in case

#2 United States v. Limbs (1973) azd 5 own cites 5× in case

#3 Cletis Meredith Miller v. William Bolger, Postmaster General of the United States Postal Service and the United States of America (1986) ca3 53 own cites 1× in case

#4 Harry H. Wallace and Elizabeth Snyder Wallace v. United States (1982) ca4 49 own cites 1× in case

#5 Jacqueline and Salvadore A. Dipippa v. United States (1982) ca3 49 own cites 1× in case

#6 Miller v. Pool and Canfield, Inc. (1990) moctapp 14 own cites 2× in case

#7 Salvatore A. Galimi v. Jetco, Inc., and Richard Moore, Jetco, Inc., Third-Party v. James Hodges, Third-Party and United States of America, Third-Party (1975) ca2 34 own cites 1× in case

#8 United States v. Tom York, D/B/A York's Mobil Service, and John Hare (1968) ca6 33 own cites 1× in case

#9 Albert J. Fusco v. Johns-Manville Products Corp. (1981) ca5 30 own cites 1× in case

#10 Nicholson v. United Technologies Corp. (1988) ctd 29 own cites 1× in case

#11 Gonzalez v. Department of Labor (2010) cadc 7 own cites 2× in case

#12 Thomas E. Bates Et Ux. v. Fred Harp (1978) ca6 16 own cites 1× in case

#13 Ocasio v. Federal Express Corp. (2011) nh 9 own cites 1× in case

#14 Kachanis v. United States (1994) rid 7 own cites 1× in case

#15 Gonzalez v. Department of Labor (2009) dcd 3 own cites 2× in case

#16 Lee v. District of Columbia (1989) dc 5 own cites 1× in case

#17 Nassif v. Smith (1976) massappct 5 own cites 1× in case

#18 United States v. Eisenberg (2015) dcd 5 own cites 1× in case

#19 Gwyniece Hutchins v. U.S. Department of Labor (2012) ca4 1 own cites 4× in case

#20 Purser v. United States Department of Labor (1996) tnmd 3 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.