Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1859
Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1859 (October 1, 1859 to September 30, 1860), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 94 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (94 with at least one citation, 1 with a syllabus, counted separately); up to 100 of them, ordered by citation count, are listed below.
- March 12, 1860· cited 130×Emerson v. Slater
- February 13, 1860· cited 130×Philadelphia, Wilmington, & Baltimore Railroad v. Philadelphia & Havre De Grace Steam Towboat Co.
- January 30, 1860· cited 103×Castle v. Bullard
- March 26, 1860· cited 93×Zabriskie v. Cleveland, Columbus, & Cincinnati Railroad
- December 27, 1859· cited 93×Eber B. Ward, Survivor, &C., Owner of the Steamboat Detroit v. Charles Thompson
- April 18, 1860· cited 66×Dubuque & Pacific Railroad v. Litchfield
- May 18, 1860· cited 61×Minturn v. Larue
- February 20, 1860· cited 59×Brewster v. Wakefield
- December 27, 1859· cited 58×Chaffee v. Boston Belting Co.
- April 18, 1860· cited 57×Morewood v. Enequist
- April 16, 1860· cited 54×Benjamin v. Hillard
- January 30, 1860· cited 53×Roach v. Chapman
- January 23, 1860· cited 52×Kock v. Emmerling
- January 18, 1860· cited 51×Rey v. Simpson
- March 12, 1860· cited 47×Jeter v. Hewitt
- March 26, 1860· cited 46×Teese v. Huntingdon
- April 30, 1860· cited 44×Oelricks v. Ford
- January 16, 1860· cited 37×Richardson v. Goddard
- February 20, 1860· cited 34×Lytle v. State of Arkansas
- April 18, 1860· cited 32×Bliven v. New England Screw Company.
- March 12, 1860· cited 31×United States v. Teschmaker
- April 16, 1860· cited 29×Emma B. C. Thompson v. Richard Roe
- April 18, 1860· cited 28×Mayor, Aldermen, and Commonalty, of City of New York v. Ransom
- May 18, 1860· cited 26×Haney v. Baltimore Steam Packet Company
- March 19, 1860· cited 26×Lawrence v. Tucker
- February 20, 1860· cited 25×Nathan E. Hooper, Louisa J. Hooper, and Amanda E. Hooper, Minors, by Absalom Fowler, Their Next Friend, in Error v. Jacob Scheimer
- February 20, 1860· cited 24×Kimbro v. Bullitt
- May 18, 1860· cited 19×Whitridge v. Dill
- April 18, 1860· cited 18×Refeld v. Woodfolk
- March 12, 1860· cited 18×Green v. Custard
- December 27, 1859· cited 18×Foster v. Davenport
- April 30, 1860· cited 16×Adams v. Norris
- May 18, 1860· cited 15×FREDERICKSON v. State of Louisiana
- April 16, 1860· cited 15×Very v. Watkins
- April 23, 1860· cited 14×Callan v. Statham
- March 26, 1860· cited 14×Beaubien v. Beaubien
- January 16, 1860· cited 14×Nelson v. Leland
- December 19, 1859· cited 14×J. W. Hodge, John W. Hunter, Haywood Hunter, Thomas Coleman, and Young Coleman, in Error v. John A. Williams
- April 30, 1860· cited 13×Luco v. United States
- February 18, 1860· cited 13×Clifton v. Sheldon
- February 13, 1860· cited 12×Cage's Executors v. Cassidy
- January 18, 1860· cited 12×Hale v. Gaines
- April 23, 1860· cited 11×Orient Mutual Insurance v. Wright Ex Rel. Maxwell, Wright, & Co.
- April 16, 1860· cited 11×Anson, Bangs, & Co. v. Blue Ridge Railroad
- March 12, 1860· cited 11×United States v. Osio
- March 12, 1860· cited 10×Verden v. Coleman
- January 23, 1860· cited 8×Irvine v. Redfield
- January 16, 1860· cited 8×Adams v. Preston
- April 18, 1860· cited 7×United States v. Castillero
- March 12, 1860· cited 7×Wiseman v. Chiappella
- January 24, 1860· cited 6×Overton v. Cheek
- January 18, 1860· cited 6×Gridley v. Wynant
- January 18, 1860· cited 6×Ogden v. Parsons
- March 12, 1860· cited 5×The Insurance Company of the Valley of Virginia, in Error v. Moses C. Mordecai
- January 18, 1860· cited 5×Springfield Township, of Franklin County, in Error v. John H. Quick, Auditor, and William Robeson, Treasurer, of Franklin County
- April 16, 1860· cited 4×Howland v. Greenway
- February 27, 1860· cited 4×United States v. Widow & Heirs of West
- December 19, 1859· cited 4×George Bondies v. James P. Sherwood
- March 12, 1860· cited 3×The United States v. Andres Pico
- January 18, 1860· cited 3×Gridley v. Westbrook
- December 27, 1859· cited 3×Lawler v. Claflin
- May 18, 1860· cited 2×George W. Day, Bowen Matlock, Isaac H. Frothingham, and George W. Warner v. William A. Washburn and John A. Keith
- February 27, 1860· cited 2×The United States v. William Bennitz
- April 23, 1860· cited 1×Sun Mutual Insurance v. Wright Ex Rel. Maxwell, Wright, & Co.
- March 12, 1860· cited 1×United States v. Widow & Heirs of Berreyesa
- March 12, 1860· cited 1×Yontz v. United States
- March 12, 1860· cited 1×The United States v. Francisco Pico and Others
- March 12, 1860· cited 1×The United States v. Mariano G. Vallejo
- March 12, 1860· cited 1×United States v. Heirs of De Haro
- March 12, 1860· cited 1×The United States v. Rafael Garcia
- March 12, 1860· cited 1×The United States v. James D. Galbraith, John Sine, David, T. Bayley, and Richard H. Stanton
- February 20, 1860· cited 1×Sutton v. Bancroft
- January 30, 1860· cited 1×City of New Orleans v. Gaines
- December 15, 1859· cited 1×Bliven v. New England Screw Co.
- December 15, 1859· cited 1×United States v. Bennitz
- December 15, 1859· cited 1×Hooper v. Scheimer
- December 15, 1859· cited 1×Springfield Township v. Quick
- December 15, 1859· cited 1×White v. Wright, Williams, & Co.
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