Statute treatment: 91-190 Pub. L. § 83

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 84 citation events across 74 distinct cases.

84citations total

74distinct interpreting cases

26distinct courts

9citations in last 5y

1971–2025year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Sierra Club v. Morton (1972) scotus 3,225 own cites 2× in case

#2 Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Rogers C. B. Morton, in His Official Capacity as Secretary of the Department of Interior (1972) cadc 429 own cites 2× in case

#3 Commonwealth Edison Company v. United States (2001) cafc 185 own cites 2× in case

#4 Sierra Club v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (2017) cadc 107 own cites 2× in case

#5 National Ecological Foundation v. Alexander (2007) ca6 106 own cites 2× in case

#6 RLC Indus. Co. v. Commissioner (1992) tax 42 own cites 2× in case

#7 United States of America, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Movant-Appellant v. City of Detroit (2003) ca6 30 own cites 2× in case

#8 Fortress Bible Church v. Feiner (2012) ca2 105 own cites 1× in case

#9 United States v. Stoeco Homes, Inc., a Corporation (1974) ca3 88 own cites 1× in case

#10 Named Individual Members of the San Antonio Conservation Society v. Texas Highway Department Et Al. (1971) scotus 22 own cites 2× in case

#11 Committee for Auto Responsibility v. Solomon (1979) cadc 83 own cites 1× in case

#12 Minard Run Oil Co. v. United States Forest Service (2011) ca3 77 own cites 1× in case

#13 Gvt. Province of Manitoba v. David Bernhardt (2019) cadc 77 own cites 1× in case

#14 Citizens for Safe Power, Inc., and Audubon Naturalist Council v. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company, Intervenor (1975) cadc 20 own cites 2× in case

#15 Brent N. Rushforth v. Council of Economic Advisers (1985) cadc 53 own cites 1× in case

#16 United States v. Garfield County (2000) utd 15 own cites 2× in case

#17 Amber Resources Co. v. United States (2008) cafc 47 own cites 1× in case

#18 Environmental Defense Fund Inc. v. Corps of Engineers of United States Army (1971) dcd 31 own cites 1× in case

#19 Paul E. Merrell v. Lee Thomas, and Ciba-Geigy Corporation, Defendants-Intervenors (1986) ca9 27 own cites 1× in case

#20 Citizens for Mass Transit Against Freeways v. Brinegar (1973) azd 22 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.