Supreme Court of the United States

491,649 records in the bulk data of CourtListener / Free Law Project (CC0).

Short name: Supreme Court
Court type: Federal appellate court
Citation abbreviation: SCOTUS
Court start date: 1789-09-24
Latest record in this index: 2026-06-29
Court website: http://supremecourt.gov/

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Most-cited opinions

Ranked by the number of later opinions citing each one, as recorded by CourtListener.

Ashcroft v. Iqbal
2009-05-18· cited 149,772×
Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly
2007-05-21· cited 146,720×
Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.
1986-06-25· cited 135,235×
Strickland v. Washington
1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of Catrett
1986-06-25· cited 119,442×
Anders v. California
1967-05-08· cited 87,848×
Jackson v. Virginia
1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation
1986-03-26· cited 58,760×
Miranda v. Arizona
1966-06-13· cited 58,288×
Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.
1978-06-06· cited 41,449×
Slack v. McDaniel
2000-04-26· cited 41,291×
McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green
1973-05-14· cited 38,518×
Terry v. Ohio
1968-06-10· cited 37,942×
Erickson v. Pardus
2007-06-04· cited 34,635×
Brady v. Maryland
1963-05-13· cited 33,902×
Conley v. Gibson
1957-11-18· cited 30,380×
Thomas v. Arn
1986-01-27· cited 28,671×
Farmer v. Brennan
1994-06-06· cited 28,443×
Apprendi v. New Jersey
2000-06-26· cited 28,372×
Estelle v. Gamble
1976-11-30· cited 28,035×
Miller-El v. Cockrell
2003-02-25· cited 27,550×
Haines v. Kerner
1972-02-22· cited 26,103×
Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife
1992-06-12· cited 24,791×
United States v. Booker
2004-10-01· cited 23,210×
Chapman v. California
1967-03-27· cited 23,069×
Richardson v. Perales
1971-05-03· cited 22,864×
Harlow v. Fitzgerald
1982-06-24· cited 22,846×
Neitzke v. Williams
1989-05-01· cited 22,300×
Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
1993-06-28· cited 21,376×
Coppedge v. United States
1962-04-30· cited 20,800×
Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
1984-06-25· cited 20,645×
Gall v. United States
2007-12-10· cited 20,598×
International Shoe Co. v. Washington
1945-12-03· cited 18,588×
Erie Railroad v. Tompkins
1938-04-25· cited 18,491×
Foman v. Davis
1962-12-03· cited 17,205×
Hensley v. Eckerhart
1983-05-16· cited 17,202×
Mathews v. Eldridge
1976-02-24· cited 16,859×
West v. Atkins
1988-06-20· cited 16,767×
Illinois v. Gates
1983-06-08· cited 16,716×
United States v. Olano
1993-04-26· cited 16,571×
Graham v. Connor
1989-05-15· cited 16,485×
Batson v. Kentucky
1986-04-30· cited 16,401×
Williams v. Taylor
2000-04-18· cited 15,929×
Texas Department of Community Affairs v. Burdine
1981-03-04· cited 15,585×
Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.
1970-06-01· cited 15,427×
Heck v. Humphrey
1994-06-24· cited 15,294×
Crawford v. Washington
2004-03-08· cited 14,756×
Younger v. Harris
1971-02-23· cited 14,568×
Link v. Wabash Railroad
1962-06-25· cited 14,398×
Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth
1972-06-29· cited 14,284×

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