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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1855

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1855 (October 1, 1855 to September 30, 1856), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 61 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (61 with at least one citation, 0 with a syllabus, counted separately); up to 100 of them, ordered by citation count, are listed below.

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  1. February 19, 1856· cited 831×
    Den Ex Dem. Murray v. Hoboken Land & Improvement Co.
  2. April 25, 1856· cited 348×
    The Lafayette Ins. Co. v. FRENCH
  3. February 28, 1856· cited 91×
    Orton v. Smith
  4. January 22, 1856· cited 83×
    Parker v. Overman
  5. January 14, 1856· cited 79×
    United States Ex Rel. MacKey v. Coxe
  6. May 12, 1856· cited 78×
    The Union Bank of Tennessee v. Jolly's Adm'rs.
  7. January 18, 1856· cited 78×
    Wright v. Mattison
  8. January 22, 1856· cited 62×
    Jones v. Johnston
  9. May 18, 1856· cited 58×
    Wood v. Davis
  10. May 12, 1856· cited 55×
    Conner v. St. John Elliott
  11. February 26, 1856· cited 52×
    Kinsman v. Parkhurst
  12. May 14, 1856· cited 50×
    Bacon v. Robertson
  13. May 14, 1856· cited 47×
    Watson v. Tarpley
  14. April 25, 1856· cited 47×
    Greely's Administrator v. Burgess
  15. May 14, 1856· cited 46×
    McMicken v. Perin
  16. January 18, 1856· cited 46×
    Minter v. Crommelin
  17. January 18, 1856· cited 45×
    Barnard's Heirs v. ASHLEY'S HEIRS
  18. January 18, 1856· cited 39×
    William J. McLean v. James L. Meek
  19. January 24, 1856· cited 38×
    Craighead v. Wilson
  20. May 12, 1856· cited 32×
    Beauregard, &C. v. the City of New Orleans
  21. February 28, 1856· cited 24×
    Stockton v. Ford
  22. January 18, 1856· cited 24×
    Bush v. Cooper's Administrator
  23. May 12, 1856· cited 23×
    Pennsylvania v. Wheeling & Belmont Bridge Co.
  24. April 10, 1856· cited 22×
    Connor v. Peugh's Lessee
  25. April 25, 1856· cited 21×
    Stanford v. Taylor
  26. May 12, 1856· cited 20×
    Maria De La Solidad De Arguello and v. The United States. The United States v. Maria De La Solidad De Arguello
  27. January 17, 1856· cited 20×
    Jecker, Torre, & Co. v. Montgomery
  28. April 18, 1856· cited 19×
    Euphrosine Fouvergne v. The Municipality No. 2, of the City of New Orleans
  29. January 11, 1856· cited 19×
    United States v. Reading
  30. December 21, 1855· cited 19×
    Carrington v. the Brig Ann C. Pratt
  31. May 14, 1856· cited 18×
    Hudgins v. Kemp, Assignee, &C.
  32. May 14, 1856· cited 17×
    Maxwell v. Newbold
  33. February 26, 1856· cited 17×
    Ward v. Peck
  34. January 18, 1856· cited 17×
    Guild v. Frontin
  35. February 12, 1856· cited 16×
    McKinney v. Saviego
  36. May 12, 1856· cited 12×
    Crockett v. the Steamboat Isaac Newton
  37. February 26, 1856· cited 12×
    LESSEE OF McCALL v. CARPENTER
  38. May 18, 1856· cited 10×
    Strader v. Graham
  39. April 29, 1856· cited 9×
    The Mechanics' and Traders' Bank, Branch of the State Bank of Ohio, in Errors v. Henry Debolt, Late Treasurer of Hamilton County
  40. January 29, 1856· cited 9×
    United States v. Minnesota & Northwestern Railroad
  41. January 29, 1856· cited 9×
    Ham v. Missouri
  42. May 18, 1856· cited 8×
    Goslee v. Shute's
  43. February 25, 1856· cited 8×
    William D. Nutt, of Alexander Hunter, Deceased, in Error v. Philip H. Minor
  44. February 18, 1856· cited 7×
    The Ship Howard v. Wissman
  45. February 26, 1856· cited 4×
    Ransom v. Davis's Administrators
  46. February 12, 1856· cited 4×
    Sessions v. Pintard
  47. December 19, 1855· cited 4×
    John Holroyd, in Error v. Levi Pumphrey
  48. December 18, 1855· cited 4×
    Ex Parte in the Matter of Lathrop L. Sturgess v. Christian Harrold. Also, George Buckley v. Christian Harrold
  49. May 12, 1856· cited 3×
    The United States v. Cruz Cervantes
  50. January 29, 1856· cited 3×
    James L. Calcote, in Error v. Frederick Stanton and Henry S. Buckner
  51. May 12, 1856· cited 2×
    Solomon S. Masters v. Frederick L. Barreda
  52. January 10, 1856· cited 2×
    Savignac v. Garrison
  53. December 15, 1855· cited 2×
    Doe ex dem. McCall v. Carpenter
  54. May 12, 1856· cited 1×
    United States v. Vaca
  55. December 15, 1855· cited 1×
    Hudgins v. Kemp
  56. December 15, 1855· cited 1×
    Barnard ex rel. Cannon v. Ashley ex rel. Ashley

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