Statute treatment: 92-261 Pub. L. §

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 72 citation events across 60 distinct cases.

72citations total

60distinct interpreting cases

33distinct courts

2citations in last 5y

1972–2025year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Pettit v. United States (1973) cc 34 own cites 4× in case

#2 Guardians Assn. v. Civil Serv. Comm'n of New York City (1983) scotus 554 own cites 1× in case

#3 Jones v. United Gas Improvement Corp. (1975) paed 52 own cites 2× in case

#4 Barbara Loe v. Margaret M. Heckler, Secretary of Health and Human Services (1985) cadc 86 own cites 1× in case

#5 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Lutheran Social Services (1999) cadc 85 own cites 1× in case

#6 Officers for Justice v. Civil Service Commission (1979) cand 22 own cites 2× in case

#7 cluster 339293 (1976) ca2 76 own cites 1× in case

#8 31 Fair empl.prac.cas. 465, 31 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 33,497 Hanson Bratton v. City of Detroit, and Guardians of Michigan, Intervening (1983) ca6 75 own cites 1× in case

#9 EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Appellee, v. CHRISTIANSBURG GARMENT COMPANY, INC., Appellant (1977) ca4 18 own cites 2× in case

#10 8 Fair empl.prac.cas. 746, 8 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 9683 Narcisse Batiste, Cross v. Furnco Construction Corporation, Cross (1974) ca7 50 own cites 1× in case

#11 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co. (1973) paed 49 own cites 1× in case

#12 Ira GISSEN, Appellant, v. Arthur L. TACKMAN Et Al. (1976) ca3 45 own cites 1× in case

#13 Amanda Cooper v. Philip Morris, Inc., Tobacco Workers International Union Local No. 16 (1972) ca6 43 own cites 1× in case

#14 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Mitsubishi Motor Manufacturing of America, Inc. (1998) ilcd 42 own cites 1× in case

#15 Boston Chapter, NAACP, Inc. v. Beecher (1974) mad 38 own cites 1× in case

#16 cluster 374663 (1980) ca5 38 own cites 1× in case

#17 United States v. City of Chicago (1974) ilnd 36 own cites 1× in case

#18 Lieberman v. Gant (1979) ctd 34 own cites 1× in case

#19 Small v. United States (1972) cc 6 own cites 3× in case

#20 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. North Hills Passavant Hospital (1976) ca3 28 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.