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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1869

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1869 (October 1, 1869 to September 30, 1870), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 58 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (52 with at least one citation, 33 with a syllabus, counted separately); up to 100 of them, ordered by citation count, are listed below.

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  1. November 18, 1869· cited 857×
    Paul v. Virginia
  2. December 13, 1869· cited 297×
    Kennedy v. Gibson
  3. February 21, 1870· cited 192×
    Chicago v. Sheldon
  4. February 21, 1870· cited 97×
    Neale v. Neales
  5. March 28, 1870· cited 73×
    Bigelow v. Forrest
  6. February 18, 1870· cited 73×
    Hepburn v. Griswold
  7. April 30, 1870· cited 69×
    Bischoff v. Wethered
  8. April 30, 1870· cited 67×
    Walker v. Walker's
  9. March 14, 1870· cited 66×
    Justices v. Murray
  10. January 24, 1870· cited 60×
    Basset v. United States
  11. January 24, 1870· cited 38×
    Filor v. United States
  12. April 25, 1870· cited 35×
    The Syracuse
  13. December 1, 1869· cited 34×
    Rubber Co. v. Goodyear
  14. April 18, 1870· cited 30×
    Michigan Bank v. Eldred
  15. April 11, 1870· cited 29×
    Jones v. Bolles
  16. March 18, 1870· cited 29×
    Willard v. Presbury
  17. November 1, 1869· cited 28×
    Clark v. Reyburn
  18. February 21, 1870· cited 26×
    Pelham v. Rose
  19. October 25, 1869· cited 25×
    Morey v. Lockwood
  20. April 11, 1870· cited 20×
    City of Paris
  21. April 30, 1870· cited 19×
    Ex Parte Morris and Johnson
  22. March 7, 1870· cited 19×
    Public Schools v. Walker
  23. April 18, 1870· cited 18×
    Supervisors v. Durant
  24. December 13, 1869· cited 16×
    Aldrich v. Aetna Co.
  25. March 7, 1870· cited 15×
    Riley v. Welles
  26. April 30, 1870· cited 14×
    Herndon v. Howard
  27. March 28, 1870· cited 13×
    The Guy
  28. February 18, 1870· cited 12×
    Railroad Company v. Fremont County
  29. April 30, 1870· cited 10×
    The Corsica
  30. April 20, 1870· cited 8×
    Latham's and Deming's Appeals
  31. April 11, 1870· cited 8×
    Clark v. Bousfield
  32. December 13, 1869· cited 6×
    Kempner v. Churchill
  33. December 13, 1869· cited 4×
    Mandelbaum v. The People
  34. April 30, 1870· cited 3×
    Downham v. Alexandria
  35. March 28, 1870· cited 3×
    The Fairbanks
  36. February 18, 1870· cited 2×
    Worthy v. Commissioners
  37. February 18, 1870· cited 2×
    Broderick's v. Magraw
  38. April 30, 1870· cited 1×
    Underhill v. Herndon
  39. April 30, 1870· cited 1×
    Isaac Underhill v. John M. Herndon
  40. April 4, 1870· cited 1×
    Weed v. Crane
  41. March 21, 1870· cited 1×
    Flanders v. Tweed
  42. March 14, 1870· cited 1×
    The Nonesuch
  43. December 15, 1869· cited 1×
    Latham's & Deming's Appeals
  44. December 15, 1869· cited 1×
    Railroad Co. v. Fremont County
  45. November 8, 1869· cited 1×
    Dutton v. Palairet
  46. April 30, 1870
    Supervisors v. United States ex rel. Durant
  47. April 30, 1870
    Godbe v. Tootle
  48. April 30, 1870
    Long v. Patton
  49. April 11, 1870
    Northern Belle v. Robson
  50. January 31, 1870
    McVeigh v. United States

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