Statute treatment: 8 U.S.C. § 1612

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 274 citation events across 57 distinct cases.

274citations total

57distinct interpreting cases

33distinct courts

4citations in last 5y

1997–2025year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Finch v. Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority (2011) mass 23 own cites 14× in case

#2 Celia Aleman v. Dan E. Glickman, Secretary of Agriculture, in His Official Capacity (2000) ca9 46 own cites 9× in case

#3 Rodriguez v. United States (1997) flsd 4 own cites 51× in case

#4 State of Tenn. v. United States Dep't of State (2019) ca6 54 own cites 5× in case

#5 Rodriguez Ex Rel. Rodriguez v. United States (1999) ca11 12 own cites 32× in case

#6 Abreu v. Callahan (1997) nysd 25 own cites 6× in case

#7 MATTER OF ALIESSA v. Novello (2001) ny 46 own cites 4× in case

#8 Soskin v. Reinertson (2004) ca10 67 own cites 3× in case

#9 City of Chicago v. Shalala (1999) ca7 45 own cites 10× in case

#10 Kaplan v. Chertoff (2007) paed 12 own cites 8× in case

#11 Monica Navarro Pimentel v Susan Dreyfus (2012) ca9 146 own cites 2× in case

#12 Kiev v. Glickman (1998) mnd 10 own cites 7× in case

#13 M.K.B. v. Eggleston (2006) nysd 22 own cites 3× in case

#14 Association of Proprietary Colleges v. Duncan (2015) nysd 21 own cites 2× in case

#15 Cid v. South Dakota Department of Social Services (1999) sd 11 own cites 3× in case

#16 Bruns v. Mayhew (2014) ca1 55 own cites 1× in case

#17 Mlaith Abdelqadar v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States (2005) ca7 54 own cites 1× in case

#18 Cook County, Illinois v. Chad F. Wolf (2020) ca7 40 own cites 1× in case

#19 Soskin v. Reinertson (2003) cod 2 own cites 9× in case

#20 Monssef Cheneau v. Merrick Garland (2021) ca9 20 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.