Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

The most-cited opinions of the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on UpLaw — 3,431 decisions from 1898–2023, each with its treatment history and the cases that cite it.

• Frye v. United States 293 F. 1013 · cited by 1,542
• Robert G. Vaughn v. Bernard Rosen, Executive Director, United States Civil Service Commission 484 F.2d 820 · cited by 733
• Safecard Services, Inc. v. Securities and Exchange Commission 926 F.2d 1197 · cited by 586
• Charles Kowal v. MCI Communications Corporation 16 F.3d 1271 · cited by 557
• Carl Oglesby v. The United States Department of the Army 112 A.L.R. Fed. 815 · cited by 517
• Coastal States Gas Corporation v. Department of Energy 54 A.L.R. Fed. 256 · cited by 490
• Davis County Solid Waste Management & Energy Recovery Special Service District v. United States Environmental Protection Agency 169 F.3d 755 · cited by 484
• Mead Data Central, Inc. v. United States Department of the Air Force 566 F.2d 242 · cited by 483
• Holcomb, Christine v. Powell, Donald 433 F.3d 889 · cited by 477
• Dolly Kyle Browning and Direct Outstanding Creations Corporation v. William Jefferson Clinton 292 F.3d 235 · cited by 456
• Myrna O'Dell Firestone v. Leonard K. Firestone 76 F.3d 1205 · cited by 429
• Etim U. Aka v. Washington Hospital Center 156 F.3d 1284 · cited by 416
• Brady v. Office of the Sergeant at Arms 520 F.3d 490 · cited by 415
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. St. Francis Xavier Parochial School and St. Francis Xavier Church 117 F.3d 621 · cited by 412
• Jerome Stevens Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Food & Drug Administration 402 F.3d 1249 · cited by 405
• Nathan L. Drew v. United States 331 F.2d 85 · cited by 390
• Dolores J. Copeland, Individually and on Behalf of the Class of All Others Similarly Situated v. F. Ray Marshall, Secretary of Labor 641 F.2d 880 · cited by 389
• Victor Herbert v. National Academy of Sciences 974 F.2d 192 · cited by 378
• Sparrow, Victor H. v. United Airlines Inc 216 F.3d 1111 · cited by 363
• Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission v. Holiday Tours, Inc. 559 F.2d 841 · cited by 350
• Military Audit Project, Felice D. Cohen, Morton H. Halperin v. William Casey, Director of Central Intelligence 656 F.2d 724 · cited by 348
• Trudeau v. Federal Trade Commission 456 F.3d 178 · cited by 342
• Scanwell Laboratories, Inc. v. John H. Shaffer, Administrator (Acting) of the Federal Aviation Administration 424 F.2d 859 · cited by 336
• Ross J. Laningham v. United States Navy 813 F.2d 1236 · cited by 328
• Ciralsky v. Central Intelligence Agency 355 F.3d 661 · cited by 320
• Curley v. United States 160 F.2d 229 · cited by 308
• Baloch v. Kempthorne 550 F.3d 1191 · cited by 306
• Brayton v. Office of United States Trade Representative 641 F.3d 521 · cited by 295
• James Madison Limited, by Norman F. Hecht, Sr., Assignee v. Eugene A. Ludwig, Comptroller of the Currency 82 F.3d 1085 · cited by 282
• United States v. Haldeman 559 F.2d 31 · cited by 282
• Susan D. Goland and Patricia B. Skidmore v. Central Intelligence Agency 607 F.2d 339 · cited by 282
• Louis A. Carducci v. Donald T. Regan, Secretary, U.S. Treasury Department 714 F.2d 171 · cited by 280
• Morris W. Gordon v. United States 383 F.2d 936 · cited by 277
• Greater Boston Television Corp. v. Federal Communications Commission 444 F.2d 841 · cited by 275
• American Nat. Ins. Co. v. FDIC 642 F.3d 1137 · cited by 274
• Durham v. United States 214 F.2d 862 · cited by 269
• Frank A. Schuler, Jr. v. United States of America, Department of State 617 F.2d 605 · cited by 269
• Morley v. Central Intelligence Agency 508 F.3d 1108 · cited by 267
• PDK Laboratories Inc. v. United States Drug Enforcement Administration 362 F.3d 786 · cited by 265
• Larson v. Department of State 565 F.3d 857 · cited by 263
• Harold Weisberg v. U.S. Department of Justice, (Two Cases). Harold Weisberg v. U.S. Department of Justice. (Two Cases) 745 F.2d 1476 · cited by 259
• Valencia-Lucena v. United States Coast Guard 180 F.3d 321 · cited by 252
• Harold B. Dorman v. United States 435 F.2d 385 · cited by 248
• Edward Haase v. William S. Sessions, Director, F.B.I. 835 F.2d 902 · cited by 244
• Atherton v. District of Columbia Office of the Mayor 567 F.3d 672 · cited by 242
• Campbell v. United States Department of Justice 164 F.3d 20 · cited by 237
• M. Steinthal & Co., Inc. v. Robert J. Seamans, Jr., Secretary of the Air Force, Pioneer Parachute Co., Inc. 455 F.2d 1289 · cited by 233
• The Nation Magazine, Washington Bureau, and Max Holland v. United States Customs Service 71 F.3d 885 · cited by 232
• United States v. Carlton E. Bryant, United States of America v. William E. Turner 439 F.2d 642 · cited by 230
• Charles M. Luck v. United States 348 F.2d 763 · cited by 229
• Virginia Petroleum Jobbers Ass'n v. Federal Power Commission 259 F.2d 921 · cited by 227
• William Rodger Starnes v. Honorable Matthew F. McGuire Arthur Everett Small, Jr. v. Honorable George L. Hart, Jr 512 F.2d 918 · cited by 223
• Amer Bioscience Inc v. Thompson, Tommy G. 269 F.3d 1077 · cited by 221
• Charles E. Perry v. John R. Block, Secretary of Agriculture 684 F.2d 121 · cited by 220
• Joseph Arpaio v. Barack Obama 797 F.3d 11 · cited by 219
• United States v. Melvin Telfaire 469 F.2d 552 · cited by 217
• Wolf v. Central Intelligence Agency 473 F.3d 370 · cited by 216
• Weisberg v. U.S. Department of Justice 705 F.2d 1344 · cited by 215
• United States v. Microsoft Corp. 253 F.3d 34 · cited by 214
• Malcus T. Clemons v. United States of America, David E. Clark v. United States of America, Alvin C. Hines v. United States 408 F.2d 1230 · cited by 213
• In Re Sealed Case 676 F.2d 793 · cited by 212
• Lashawn A. v. Marion S. Barry, Jr. 87 F.3d 1389 · cited by 210
• Lewis L. Wayne v. United States 318 F.2d 205 · cited by 210
• Telecommunications Research & Action Center v. Federal Communications Commission 750 F.2d 70 · cited by 209
• United States v. Willie Decoster, Jr. 487 F.2d 1197 · cited by 209
• Florida Audubon Society v. Lloyd M. Bentsen, Secretary of the Treasury, and Margaret Richardson, Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service 94 F.3d 658 · cited by 209
• David Nathaniel Jackson v. Malcolm Beech David Nathaniel Jackson v. Malcolm Beech 636 F.2d 831 · cited by 207
• Senate of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico on Behalf of Judiciary Committee v. United States Department of Justice 823 F.2d 574 · cited by 206
• Tyrone Gaither v. United States of America, Charles Tatum v. United States 413 F.2d 1061 · cited by 205
• Hettinga v. United States 677 F.3d 471 · cited by 204
• Laffey v. Northwest Airlines, Inc. 746 F.2d 4 · cited by 202
• Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Rogers C. B. Morton, in His Official Capacity as Secretary of the Department of Interior 458 F.2d 827 · cited by 200
• Sandra G. Bundy v. Delbert Jackson, Director, D.C. Department of Corrections 641 F.2d 934 · cited by 200
• GUILLERMO FELIPE DUEÑAS ITURRALDE v. COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY 315 F.3d 311 · cited by 198
• Chaplaincy of Full Gospel Churches v. England 454 F.3d 290 · cited by 196
• Sussman v. United States Marshals Service 494 F.3d 1106 · cited by 195
• American Civil Liberties Union v. United States Department of Defense 628 F.3d 612 · cited by 192
• Cynthia King v. United States Department of Justice 830 F.2d 210 · cited by 192
• Jones v. Bernanke 557 F.3d 670 · cited by 191
• United States v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co. 642 F.2d 1285 · cited by 190
• In re Sealed Case 121 F.3d 729 · cited by 189
• Rochon, Donald v. Gonzales, Alberto 438 F.3d 1211 · cited by 188
• George, Diane v. Leavitt, Michael 407 F.3d 405 · cited by 188
• Sierra Club v. Environmental Protection Agency 292 F.3d 895 · cited by 188
• Mwani, Odilla Mutaka v. Bin Ladin, Usama 417 F.3d 1 · cited by 187
• William Jordan v. United States Department of Justice 591 F.2d 753 · cited by 187
• Jerry W. Canterbury v. William Thornton Spence and the Washington Hospital Center, a Body Corporate 464 F.2d 772 · cited by 187
• Czekalski, Loni v. Peters, Mary 475 F.3d 360 · cited by 186
• Students Against Genocide v. Department of State 257 F.3d 828 · cited by 186
• Gary A. Soucie v. Edward E. David, Jr., Director, Office of Science and Technology 448 F.2d 1067 · cited by 185
• Hobson v. Wilson 737 F.2d 1 · cited by 185
• Campbell, Tom v. Clinton, William J. 203 F.3d 19 · cited by 183
• National Parks and Conservation Association v. Rogers C. B. Morton, Secretary, Department of the Interior 498 F.2d 765 · cited by 182
• Brown, Regina C. v. Brody, Kenneth D. 199 F.3d 446 · cited by 181
• Bertell Ollman v. Rowland Evans, Robert Novak 750 F.2d 970 · cited by 181
• Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Russell E. Train, in His Official Capacity as Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency 510 F.2d 692 · cited by 179
• Marc Truitt v. Department of State 897 F.2d 540 · cited by 179
• Waterhouse v. District of Columbia 298 F.3d 989 · cited by 178
• Thomas, Oscar v. Principi, Anthony 394 F.3d 970 · cited by 177
• Tax Analysts v. Internal Revenue Service 117 F.3d 607 · cited by 177
• Ronald J. Fischbach v. District of Columbia Department of Corrections and Hallem H. Williams, Jr. 86 F.3d 1180 · cited by 177
• Sherley v. Sebelius 644 F.3d 388 · cited by 177
• Home Box Office, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of America, Professional Baseball, Intervenors 567 F.2d 9 · cited by 176
• Michele Steinberg v. United States Department of Justice 23 F.3d 548 · cited by 176
• Ora Lee Williams v. Walker-Thomas Furniture Company, William Thorne v. Walker-Thomas Furniture Company 350 F.2d 445 · cited by 175
• Roy E. Bowden v. United States 106 F.3d 433 · cited by 174
• Naartex Consulting Corporation, Russell Huff v. James G. Watt, Secretary of Interior 722 F.2d 779 · cited by 173
• William E. Nuesse, Commissioner of Banks, State of Wisconsin v. William Camp, Comptroller of the Currency 385 F.2d 694 · cited by 172
• Settles v. United States Parole Commission 429 F.3d 1098 · cited by 170
• Soon Y. Park v. Howard University 71 F.3d 904 · cited by 169
• Judicial Watch, Inc. v. Food & Drug Administration 449 F.3d 141 · cited by 169
• National Association of Retired Federal Employees v. Constance Horner, Director, Office of Personnel Management 879 F.2d 873 · cited by 169
• Banneker Ventures, LLC v. Jim Graham 798 F.3d 1119 · cited by 168
• Judd v. United States 190 F.2d 649 · cited by 166
• Archibald Lyles v. United States 254 F.2d 725 · cited by 164
• Joy Silk Mills, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board 185 F.2d 732 · cited by 164
• Gary Hamilton v. Timothy Geithner 666 F.3d 1344 · cited by 162
• United States v. Archie W. Brawner 471 F.2d 969 · cited by 160
• American Corn Growers Association v. Environmental Protection Agency, State of Michigan, Department of Environmental Quality, Intervenors 291 F.3d 1 · cited by 160
• Hayden v. National Security Agency/Central Security Service 608 F.2d 1381 · cited by 159
• Braniff Airways, Incorporated v. Civil Aeronautics Board, Eastern Air Lines, Inc., Intervenor 379 F.2d 453 · cited by 158
• Petroleum Information Corporation v. United States Department of the Interior 976 F.2d 1429 · cited by 158
• United States of America, Ex Rel. Springfield Terminal Railway Company David A. Fink v. Francis X. Quinn 14 F.3d 645 · cited by 157
• Laffey v. Northwest Airlines, Inc. 567 F.2d 429 · cited by 156
• Jane Doe v. United States Department of Justice 753 F.2d 1092 · cited by 156
• Davis v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. 571 F.3d 1288 · cited by 156
• Shaker Aamer v. Barack Obama 742 F.3d 1023 · cited by 155
• Howard Ross v. United States 349 F.2d 210 · cited by 155
• Office Of Communication Of The United Church Of Christ v. Federal Communications Commission 359 F.2d 994 · cited by 155
• Clinton Cole v. Burns International Security Services 105 F.3d 1465 · cited by 154
• American Civil Liberties Union v. United States Department of Justice 655 F.3d 1 · cited by 154
• Vaughn v. Rosen 28 A.L.R. Fed. 623 · cited by 154
• Rural Housing Alliance v. United States Department of Agriculture 498 F.2d 73 · cited by 151
• Lesar v. United States Department of Justice 636 F.2d 472 · cited by 149
• Portland Cement Association v. Ruckelshaus 486 F.2d 375 · cited by 148
• Food & Water Watch, Inc. v. Thomas Vilsack 808 F.3d 905 · cited by 147
• Alan L. Fitzgibbon v. Central Intelligence Agency Alan L. Fitzgibbon v. Central Intelligence Agency 911 F.2d 755 · cited by 147
• Ground Saucer Watch, Inc., Harvey Brody v. Central Intelligence Agency 692 F.2d 770 · cited by 147
• Richardson, Roy Dale v. United States 193 F.3d 545 · cited by 146
• Calvert Cliffs' Coordinating Committee, Inc. v. United States Atomic Energy Commission and United States of America, Baltimore Gas and Electric Company, Intervenor. Calvert Cliffs' Coordinating Committee, Inc. v. United States Atomic Energy Commission and United States of America 17 A.L.R. Fed. 1 · cited by 146
• Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Council, Inc. v. Norton 336 F.3d 1094 · cited by 145
• Harold Weisberg v. United States Department of Justice 627 F.2d 365 · cited by 145
• Winston & Strawn, LLP v. James P. McLean, Jr. 843 F.3d 503 · cited by 144
• Coalition for Underground Expansion v. Mineta 333 F.3d 193 · cited by 144
• Stella, Marie v. v. Mineta, Norman Y. 284 F.3d 135 · cited by 144
• The Founding Church of Scientology of Washington, D. C., Inc. v. National Security Agency 610 F.2d 824 · cited by 144
• Ernest McDonald v. United States 312 F.2d 847 · cited by 143
• Caribbean Broadcasting System, Ltd. v. Cable & Wireless PLC 148 F.3d 1080 · cited by 142
• Scientists' Institute for Public Information, Inc. v. Atomic Energy Commission 481 F.2d 1079 · cited by 142
• Marshall County Health Care Authority v. Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services 988 F.2d 1221 · cited by 141
• Stanley Spencer v. National Labor Relations Board 712 F.2d 539 · cited by 141
• H. F. Livermore Corporation v. Aktiengesellschaft Gebruder Loepfe 432 F.2d 689 · cited by 140
• National Ass'n of Concerned Veterans v. Secretary of Defense 675 F.2d 1319 · cited by 140
• Hyser v. Reed 318 F.2d 225 · cited by 139
• National Treasury Employees Union v. United States 101 F.3d 1423 · cited by 139
• Honorable Ronald v. Dellums v. James M. Powell, Chief, United States Capitol Police, Jerry v. Wilson, Chief, Metropolitan Police Department 566 F.2d 167 · cited by 138
• Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Securities and Exchange Commission 606 F.2d 1031 · cited by 137
• Smuck v. Hobson 408 F.2d 175 · cited by 137
• John Davis v. United States Department of Justice 968 F.2d 1276 · cited by 137
• Richard Drake v. Federal Aviation Administration 291 F.3d 59 · cited by 137
• The Washington Post Company v. Eugene J. Keogh 365 F.2d 965 · cited by 136
• Saul MacKlin v. Spector Freight Systems, Inc. Saul MacKlin v. Drivers, Chauffeurs and Helpers, Local Union No. 639 478 F.2d 979 · cited by 136
• Harriet Ann Phillippi v. Central Intelligence Agency and George H. Bush, Director, Central Intelligence Agency 546 F.2d 1009 · cited by 136
• James H. Neal v. Sharon Pratt Kelly, Mayor 963 F.2d 453 · cited by 135
• Tatum v. United States 190 F.2d 612 · cited by 135
• Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. v. Douglas M. Costle, as Administrator, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency 657 F.2d 275 · cited by 134
• Mastro, Brian A. v. Potomac Elec Power 447 F.3d 843 · cited by 134
• Citizens for Responsibility & Ethics in Washington v. United States Department of Justice 746 F.3d 1082 · cited by 134
• Michael Meeropol, A/K/A Rosenberg v. Edwin Meese Iii, Attorney General of the United States 790 F.2d 942 · cited by 134
• International Harvester Co. v. Ruckelshaus 478 F.2d 615 · cited by 133
• Abhe & Svoboda, Inc. v. Chao 508 F.3d 1052 · cited by 132
• General William C. Westmoreland, Ambassador Richard Helms v. Cbs, Inc. 770 F.2d 1168 · cited by 132
• GTE New Media Services Inc. v. BellSouth Corp. 199 F.3d 1343 · cited by 132
• Tony Best v. Sharon Pratt Kelly, Mayor 39 F.3d 328 · cited by 131
• Steele v. Schafer 535 F.3d 689 · cited by 131
• City of Waukesha v. Environmental Protection Agency 320 F.3d 228 · cited by 131
• Salvatore G. Crisafi v. George E. Holland 655 F.2d 1305 · cited by 131
• Linda Solomon v. Thomas Vilsack 763 F.3d 1 · cited by 131
• Forkkio, Samuel E. v. Powell, Donald 306 F.3d 1127 · cited by 130
• Bobby Russell v. United States 408 F.2d 1280 · cited by 130
• United States v. Willie Decoster, Jr., (Decoster Iii) 624 F.2d 196 · cited by 129
• United States v. Guillermo Novo Sampol, United States of America v. Alvin Ross Diaz, United States of America v. Ignacio Novo Sampol 636 F.2d 621 · cited by 128
• Ancient Coin Collectors Guild v. United States Department of State 641 F.3d 504 · cited by 128
• Richard Atchinson v. District of Columbia 73 F.3d 418 · cited by 128
• Kaempe, Staffan v. Myers, George 367 F.3d 958 · cited by 127
• United States v. Hubbard 650 F.2d 293 · cited by 127
• Critical Mass Energy Project v. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 39 Cont. Cas. Fed. 76,602 · cited by 127
• Reid Ex Rel. Reid v. District of Columbia 401 F.3d 516 · cited by 127
• Roosevelt Mitchell v. United States 259 F.2d 787 · cited by 127
• Danita Walker v. Jeh Johnson 798 F.3d 1085 · cited by 126
• Bristol-Myers Company v. Federal Trade Commission 424 F.2d 935 · cited by 126
• Alabama Power Company v. Douglas M. Costle, as Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, Sierra Club, Intervenors. 636 F.2d 323 · cited by 126
• Taylor, Carolyn v. Small, Lawrence M. 350 F.3d 1286 · cited by 126
• Clifton Gregory v. United States 369 F.2d 185 · cited by 126
• National Automatic Laundry and Cleaning Council v. George P. Shultz, Secretary, U. S. Department of Labor 443 F.2d 689 · cited by 126
• United States v. Heldt 668 F.2d 1238 · cited by 125
• Robert G. Baker v. United States 401 F.2d 958 · cited by 125
• United States v. Barker 514 F.2d 208 · cited by 124
• Michele E. Shepherd and Larue Graves v. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. 62 F.3d 1469 · cited by 124
• Roth Ex Rel. Bower v. United States Department of Justice 642 F.3d 1161 · cited by 124