Statute treatment: 96-611 Pub. L. § 94

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 56 citation events across 41 distinct cases.

56citations total

41distinct interpreting cases

28distinct courts

0citations in last 5y

1981–2020year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Thompson v. Thompson (1988) scotus 667 own cites 2× in case

#2 Beltran v. Myers (1981) scotus 27 own cites 6× in case

#3 Larson v. Dunn (1990) minn 55 own cites 2× in case

#4 Marita Rogers v. Alan Platt and Kathy Platt (1987) cadc 33 own cites 2× in case

#5 Carter v. Carter (1996) wva 141 own cites 1× in case

#6 Quenzer v. Quenzer (1982) wyo 26 own cites 2× in case

#7 Hooks v. Hooks (1985) ca6 538 own cites 1× in case

#8 Marie Synesael v. David Ling (1982) ca7 7 own cites 3× in case

#9 State v. Teynor (1987) wisctapp 29 own cites 1× in case

#10 Larson v. Dunn (1990) minnctapp 9 own cites 2× in case

#11 Wyatt v. McDermott (2012) va 23 own cites 1× in case

#12 Atkins v. Atkins (1992) ark 23 own cites 1× in case

#13 James F. Scott v. Jean Hall Rutherfoord (1999) vactapp 14 own cites 1× in case

#14 Schroeder v. Vigil-Escalera Perez (1995) ohctcomplcuyaho 13 own cites 1× in case

#15 Prashad v. Copeland (2009) vactapp 5 own cites 2× in case

#16 Native Village of Venetie I.R.A. Council v. Alaska (1991) ca9 59 own cites 1× in case

#17 Pilkington Bros. PLC v. AFG Industries Inc. (1984) ded 8 own cites 1× in case

#18 Native Village of Venetie v. State of Alaska (1991) ca9 7 own cites 1× in case

#19 Flannagin v. Baggiano (1984) alacivapp 6 own cites 1× in case

#20 Ex Parte D.B. (2007) ala 18 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.