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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1860

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1860 (October 1, 1860 to September 30, 1861), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 40 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (40 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. January 28, 1861· cited 97×
    Almy v. California
  2. February 18, 1861· cited 95×
    Adler v. Fenton
  3. March 14, 1861· cited 89×
    Wheeler v. Nesbitt
  4. January 18, 1861· cited 76×
    Rector, &C., of Christ Church, Phila. v. Cty. of Phila.
  5. March 14, 1861· cited 70×
    The Board of Commr's of Knox County v. Aspinwall
  6. January 21, 1861· cited 68×
    Nations v. Johnson
  7. March 14, 1861· cited 46×
    Suydam v. Williamson
  8. January 18, 1861· cited 46×
    Braddock Jones, in Error v. James G. Soulard
  9. March 14, 1861· cited 44×
    Howard v. Bugbee
  10. February 11, 1861· cited 44×
    BISSELL v. City of Jeffersonville
  11. March 14, 1861· cited 42×
    Gaines v. Hennen
  12. February 25, 1861· cited 42×
    Union Steamship Co. v. New York & Virginia Steamship Co.
  13. January 21, 1861· cited 42×
    Gue v. Tide Water Canal Co.
  14. March 14, 1861· cited 41×
    Berthold v. Goldsmith
  15. March 18, 1861· cited 39×
    Lessee of Smith v. McCann
  16. February 18, 1861· cited 22×
    Clements v. Warner
  17. January 21, 1861· cited 20×
    Lessee of Frost v. Frostburg Coal Co.
  18. February 13, 1861· cited 19×
    William S. McEwen and Henry H. Wiley, in Error v. John Den, Lessee of Charles Bulkley and Stuart Brown
  19. February 18, 1861· cited 15×
    Martin v. Thomas Ex Rel. Rogers
  20. March 14, 1861· cited 13×
    Joseph A. Sheirburn, in Error v. Jacob De Cordova and Others
  21. March 14, 1861· cited 13×
    Gregg v. Forsyth
  22. March 14, 1861· cited 12×
    Meehan v. Forsyth
  23. January 28, 1861· cited 12×
    Phillips v. Page
  24. March 14, 1861· cited 11×
    Reddall v. Bryan
  25. January 18, 1861· cited 9×
    Angelina R. Eberly and Peyton Lytle, by His Next Friend, A. B. Eberly, in Error v. Lewis Moore and Charles Raylon
  26. March 14, 1861· cited 8×
    Massey v. Papin
  27. March 14, 1861· cited 7×
    MEDBERRY v. State of Ohio
  28. January 28, 1861· cited 7×
    Vigil v. Naylor
  29. February 18, 1861· cited 6×
    League v. Egery
  30. February 18, 1861· cited 5×
    Tate v. Carney
  31. March 14, 1861· cited 4×
    James D. Porter and Others, in Error v. Bushrod W. Foley
  32. February 18, 1861· cited 4×
    Cleveland Insurance Co. v. Reed
  33. March 14, 1861· cited 3×
    Knight v. Schell
  34. February 18, 1861· cited 3×
    Foote v. Egery
  35. December 15, 1860· cited 3×
    Belcher v. Linn
  36. February 18, 1861· cited 2×
    William Wiggins, James M. Jones, and John B. Weller v. John B. Gray and Knowles Taylor
  37. February 18, 1861· cited 2×
    Kellogg v. Forsyth

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