Statute treatment: Utah Code Ann. § 77-18-2

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 38 citation events across 10 distinct cases.

38citations total

10distinct interpreting cases

4distinct courts

0citations in last 5y

1982–1997year range

Top 10 leading cases

#1 Gregory T. Ambus v. Granite Board of Education (1992) ca10 80 own cites 8× in case

#2 Doe v. Utah Department of Public Safety (1989) utah 4 own cites 16× in case

#3 Demar Nilson v. Layton City and Rex Brimhall (1995) ca10 66 own cites 1× in case

#4 Ambus v. Utah State Board of Education (1990) utah 6 own cites 4× in case

#5 Thompson v. Department of the Treasury (1982) utd 6 own cites 3× in case

#6 Ambus v. Utah State Board of Education (1993) utah 12 own cites 1× in case

#7 State v. MacIal (1993) utahctapp 3 own cites 2× in case

#8 United States v. Phetchanphone (1994) utd 2 own cites 1× in case

#9 United States v. Aston (1997) ca10 1 own cites 1× in case

#10 United States v. Flower (1993) utd 1 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.