Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
36,939 records in the bulk data of CourtListener / Free Law Project (CC0).
- Short name
- D.C. Circuit
- Court type
- Federal appellate court
- Citation abbreviation
- D.C. Cir.
- Court start date
- 1893-02-09
- Latest record in this index
- 2026-06-26
- Court website
- http://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/
Most-cited opinions
Ranked by the number of later opinions citing each one, as recorded by CourtListener.
- Frye v. United States1923-12-03· cited 4,204×
- Charles Kowal v. MCI Communications Corporation1994-03-01· cited 1,980×
- Robert G. Vaughn v. Bernard Rosen, Executive Director, United States Civil Service Commission1973-10-18· cited 1,941×
- Safecard Services, Inc. v. Securities and Exchange Commission1991-03-01· cited 1,840×
- Holcomb, Christine v. Powell, Donald2006-01-10· cited 1,529×
- Carl Oglesby v. The United States Department of the Army1990-12-04· cited 1,525×
- Dolly Kyle Browning and Direct Outstanding Creations Corporation v. William Jefferson Clinton2002-08-01· cited 1,521×
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. St. Francis Xavier Parochial School and St. Francis Xavier Church1997-07-18· cited 1,499×
- Myrna O'Dell Firestone v. Leonard K. Firestone1996-02-16· cited 1,378×
- Mead Data Central, Inc. v. United States Department of the Air Force1977-11-28· cited 1,376×
- Brady v. Office of the Sergeant at Arms2008-03-28· cited 1,336×
- Sparrow, Victor H. v. United Airlines Inc2000-06-27· cited 1,335×
- Victor Herbert v. National Academy of Sciences1992-09-08· cited 1,322×
- Military Audit Project, Felice D. Cohen, Morton H. Halperin v. William Casey, Director of Central Intelligence1981-05-04· cited 1,309×
- Jerome Stevens Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Food & Drug Administration2005-04-08· cited 1,308×
- Etim U. Aka v. Washington Hospital Center1998-10-09· cited 1,302×
- Coastal States Gas Corporation v. Department of Energy1980-02-15· cited 1,241×
- Ross J. Laningham v. United States Navy1987-03-17· cited 1,192×
- Trudeau v. Federal Trade Commission2006-07-28· cited 1,112×
- Baloch v. Kempthorne2008-12-30· cited 1,027×
- Davis County Solid Waste Management & Energy Recovery Special Service District v. United States Environmental Protection Agency1999-02-26· cited 1,019×
- Ciralsky v. Central Intelligence Agency2004-01-30· cited 1,014×
- Dolores J. Copeland, Individually and on Behalf of the Class of All Others Similarly Situated v. F. Ray Marshall, Secretary of Labor1980-09-02· cited 989×
- Atherton v. District of Columbia Office of the Mayor2009-06-02· cited 985×
- Frank A. Schuler, Jr. v. United States of America, Department of State1979-09-07· cited 925×
- Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission v. Holiday Tours, Inc.1977-07-05· cited 870×
- Nathan L. Drew v. United States1964-02-13· cited 860×
- American Nat. Ins. Co. v. FDIC2011-06-24· cited 828×
- William Rodger Starnes v. Honorable Matthew F. McGuire Arthur Everett Small, Jr. v. Honorable George L. Hart, Jr1974-11-08· cited 821×
- Susan D. Goland and Patricia B. Skidmore v. Central Intelligence Agency1978-05-23· cited 821×
- Harold Weisberg v. U.S. Department of Justice, (Two Cases). Harold Weisberg v. U.S. Department of Justice. (Two Cases)1984-10-05· cited 796×
- The Nation Magazine, Washington Bureau, and Max Holland v. United States Customs Service1995-12-08· cited 780×
- James Madison Limited, by Norman F. Hecht, Sr., Assignee v. Eugene A. Ludwig, Comptroller of the Currency1996-07-03· cited 777×
- Valencia-Lucena v. United States Coast Guard1999-06-25· cited 765×
- Charles E. Perry v. John R. Block, Secretary of Agriculture1982-07-30· cited 759×
- Edward Haase v. William S. Sessions, Director, F.B.I.1987-12-15· cited 742×
- Campbell v. United States Department of Justice1998-12-29· cited 731×
- Jones v. Bernanke2009-03-06· cited 725×
- Morley v. Central Intelligence Agency2007-12-07· cited 720×
- Brayton v. Office of United States Trade Representative2011-04-19· cited 711×
- Scanwell Laboratories, Inc. v. John H. Shaffer, Administrator (Acting) of the Federal Aviation Administration1970-05-07· cited 704×
- Larson v. Department of State2009-05-08· cited 703×
- Weisberg v. U.S. Department of Justice1983-04-05· cited 701×
- PDK Laboratories Inc. v. United States Drug Enforcement Administration2004-03-26· cited 688×
- Louis A. Carducci v. Donald T. Regan, Secretary, U.S. Treasury Department1983-08-12· cited 680×
- Czekalski, Loni v. Peters, Mary2007-02-02· cited 674×
- Brown, Regina C. v. Brody, Kenneth D.1999-12-21· cited 670×
- United States v. Haldeman1976-10-12· cited 661×
- Sussman v. United States Marshals Service2007-07-31· cited 655×
- James H. Neal v. Sharon Pratt Kelly, Mayor1992-05-19· cited 636×
Most recent records
Newest filing dates first.
- Global Voice Group SA v. Republic of Guinea2026-05-29
- ModernWest Longmont, LLC v. FAA2026-05-29
- United States v. Raul Flores-Hernandez2026-05-29
- Vermont Information Processing, Inc. v. NLRB2026-05-26
- Luis Castillo Butters v. National Academy of Sciences2026-05-22
- Narragansett Indian Tribe v. Sean McMaster2026-05-22
- Joe Neguse v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement2026-05-08
- Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility v. Lee Zeldin2026-05-01
- Broadband Communications Association of Pennsylvania v. Federal Communications Commission2026-04-28
- Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC v. NLRB2026-04-28
- New York Times Company v. DOD2026-04-27
- J. Sidak v. United States International Trade Commission2026-04-24
- Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services v. Markwayne Mullin2026-04-24
- United States v. All Petroleum-Product Cargo Onboard the M/T Arina2026-04-21
- Inova Health Care Services v. Omni Shoreham Corporation2026-04-17
- Jane Doe v. Todd Blanche2026-04-17
- Bruce Bunting v. District of Columbia CVS Pharmacy, LLC2026-04-14
- Saad Bin Khalid v. TSA2026-04-14
- Saad Khalid v. Todd Blanche2026-04-14
- National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States v. NPS2026-04-11
- Susan Qashu v. Marco Rubio2026-04-10
- Anthropic PBC v. United States Department of War2026-04-08
- Alon Refining Krotz Springs, Inc. v. EPA2026-04-07
- Andi Gjoci v. DOS2026-04-03
- Center for Biological Diversity v. Lee Zeldin2026-03-27
- Samara Simmons v. Marco Rubio2026-03-17
- United States v. Linwood Thorne2026-03-17
- Clean Fuels Alliance America v. EPA2026-03-13
- Ernest Mitchell v. John Phelan2026-03-13
- Monte Rose, Jr. v. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.2026-03-10
- Fritz Emmanuel Lesly Miot v. Donald Trump2026-03-06
- Mark Kelly v. Pete Hegseth2026-03-02
- Ryan Paul v. FAA2026-02-27
- Centro de Trabajadores Unidos v. Scott Bessent2026-02-24
- EB5 Holdings Inc. v. Joseph Edlow2026-02-13
- Affirmed Energy, LLC v. FERC2026-02-10
- In re: Application of the United States for an Order Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 2705(b)2026-02-03
- Petro Star Inc. v. FERC2026-01-23
- Spokane Airport Board v. TSA2026-01-20
- Shahnaz Haeri Mehneh v. Marco Rubio2026-01-16
- CenturyTel of Montana, Inc. v. NLRB2026-01-13
- Maryland Office of People's Counsel v. FERC2026-01-13
- Independent Market Monitor for PJM v. FERC2025-12-30
- Gwynne A. Wilcox v. Donald J. Trump2025-12-05
- DC v. Donald Trump2025-11-27
- Make The Road New York v. Kristi Noem2025-11-22
- United States v. Michael Rosebar2025-11-18
- J.G.G. v. Donald Trump (EN BANC ORDER)2025-11-14
- J.G.G. v. Donald Trump (PANEL ORDER)2025-11-14
- Southern Airways Express, LLC v. DOT2025-11-14
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