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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1866

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1866 (October 1, 1866 to September 30, 1867), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 101 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (93 with at least one citation, 19 with a syllabus, counted separately); up to 100 of them, ordered by citation count, are listed below.

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  1. January 14, 1867· cited 795×
    Ex Parte Garland
  2. January 22, 1867· cited 531×
    Ex Parte Milligan
  3. May 18, 1867· cited 250×
    The Kansas Indians
  4. January 28, 1867· cited 219×
    License Tax Cases
  5. December 26, 1866· cited 187×
    Christmas v. Russell
  6. February 13, 1867· cited 177×
    Nash v. Towne
  7. February 26, 1867· cited 151×
    Packet Co. v. Sickles
  8. April 22, 1867· cited 142×
    Watson v. Sutherland
  9. April 22, 1867· cited 126×
    Railroad Co. v. Barron
  10. December 15, 1866· cited 118×
    Insurance Co. v. Ritchie
  11. February 18, 1867· cited 116×
    Stanley v. Colt
  12. April 29, 1867· cited 111×
    Pervear v. Commonwealth
  13. February 13, 1867· cited 100×
    Hansbrough v. Peck
  14. May 18, 1867· cited 99×
    Deery v. Cray
  15. May 16, 1867· cited 95×
    The New York Indians
  16. April 22, 1867· cited 93×
    Green v. Van Buskirk
  17. February 13, 1867· cited 85×
    Hadden v. Collector
  18. January 18, 1867· cited 85×
    The Eddy
  19. April 15, 1867· cited 81×
    Croxall v. Shererd
  20. February 26, 1867· cited 80×
    City of Galena v. Amy
  21. February 26, 1867· cited 76×
    Supervisors v. Schenck
  22. April 29, 1867· cited 74×
    City of Philadelphia v. the Collector
  23. May 18, 1867· cited 72×
    The Bird of Paradise
  24. May 16, 1867· cited 68×
    Thompson v. Riggs
  25. May 16, 1867· cited 64×
    De Groot v. United States
  26. May 13, 1867· cited 59×
    Wolcott v. Des Moines Co.
  27. February 13, 1867· cited 46×
    Insurance Co. v. Chase
  28. February 26, 1867· cited 44×
    Townsend v. Greeley
  29. May 18, 1867· cited 43×
    United States v. Repentigny
  30. April 22, 1867· cited 43×
    Seaver v. Bigelows
  31. May 13, 1867· cited 40×
    De Haro v. United States
  32. December 26, 1866· cited 39×
    United States v. Dashiel
  33. April 22, 1867· cited 37×
    The William Bagaley
  34. May 18, 1867· cited 36×
    Ewing v. City of St. Louis
  35. April 22, 1867· cited 35×
    Nichols v. Levy
  36. February 26, 1867· cited 34×
    Bradley v. The People
  37. February 26, 1867· cited 31×
    Parmelee v. Simpson
  38. May 13, 1867· cited 26×
    United States v. Commissioner
  39. April 29, 1867· cited 24×
    Withenbury v. United States
  40. April 29, 1867· cited 22×
    Purcell v. Miner
  41. May 15, 1867· cited 19×
    United States v. Pico
  42. May 13, 1867· cited 17×
    Ex Parte the Milwaukee Railroad Co.
  43. February 26, 1867· cited 17×
    Seymour v. Freer
  44. April 15, 1867· cited 16×
    The Peterhoff
  45. December 26, 1866· cited 16×
    United States v. Allsbury
  46. April 22, 1867· cited 15×
    Myers v. Fenn
  47. April 29, 1867· cited 13×
    Campbell v. Kenosha
  48. February 26, 1867· cited 13×
    Kelly v. Crawford
  49. February 18, 1867· cited 12×
    Goodrich v. The City
  50. January 23, 1867· cited 12×
    Sturdy v. Jackaway
  51. January 18, 1867· cited 12×
    Bell v. Railroad Company
  52. April 22, 1867· cited 10×
    Bentley v. Coyne
  53. January 18, 1867· cited 10×
    Rutherford v. Geddes
  54. May 16, 1867· cited 8×
    The Sir William Peel
  55. February 18, 1867· cited 8×
    Bates v. Brown
  56. April 15, 1867· cited 7×
    The Gray Jacket
  57. December 15, 1866· cited 7×
    The Science
  58. January 18, 1867· cited 6×
    Dwyer v. Dunbar
  59. May 18, 1867· cited 5×
    The Hampton
  60. May 13, 1867· cited 5×
    Ex Parte the Milwaukee Railroad Company
  61. February 26, 1867· cited 5×
    Jones v. La Vallette
  62. February 26, 1867· cited 4×
    Shelton v. The Collector
  63. February 18, 1867· cited 4×
    Woodworth v. Insurance Co.
  64. January 21, 1867· cited 4×
    Alviso v. United States
  65. May 13, 1867· cited 3×
    The Milwaukee Railroad Co. v. Soutter and Knapp
  66. January 18, 1867· cited 3×
    Garrison v. Cass County
  67. January 18, 1867· cited 3×
    The Springbok
  68. December 26, 1866· cited 3×
    Lanfear v. Hunley
  69. May 18, 1867· cited 2×
    The Teresita
  70. May 16, 1867· cited 2×
    Mississippi v. Stanton
  71. April 18, 1867· cited 2×
    Stearns v. The United States
  72. May 18, 1867· cited 1×
    The Volant
  73. May 18, 1867· cited 1×
    The Dashing Wave
  74. May 13, 1867· cited 1×
    The Jenny
  75. April 29, 1867· cited 1×
    O'Neal v. Kirkpatrick
  76. April 29, 1867
    Connellsville & Southern Pennsylvania Railroad v. Baltimore
  77. April 22, 1867
    Mineral Point v. Lee

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