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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1875

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1875 (October 1, 1875 to September 30, 1876), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 154 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (153 with at least one citation, 5 with a syllabus, counted separately); up to 100 of them, ordered by citation count, are listed below.

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  1. March 27, 1876· cited 1,277×
    United States v. Cruikshank
  2. April 17, 1876· cited 589×
    Taylor v. Secor
  3. January 10, 1876· cited 534×
    Twin-Lick Oil Co. v. Marbury
  4. November 18, 1875· cited 507×
    Upton v. Tribilcock
  5. March 27, 1876· cited 427×
    United States v. REESE
  6. November 18, 1875· cited 342×
    Brown v. Piper
  7. October 25, 1875· cited 316×
    Farmers' & Mechanics' National Bank v. Dearing
  8. March 20, 1876· cited 300×
    Henderson v. Mayor of the City of New York Commissioners of Immigration v. North German Lloyd
  9. November 29, 1875· cited 277×
    Sanger v. Upton
  10. April 10, 1876· cited 258×
    Leavenworth, Lawrence, & Galveston Railroad v. United States
  11. May 18, 1876· cited 244×
    Reckendorfer v. Faber
  12. February 28, 1876· cited 228×
    Shepley v. Cowan
  13. February 14, 1876· cited 223×
    Eyster v. Gaff
  14. January 31, 1876· cited 211×
    Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. Arms
  15. November 29, 1875· cited 202×
    Nichols v. Eaton
  16. March 20, 1876· cited 191×
    Gaines v. Fuentes
  17. April 10, 1876· cited 184×
    Board of Liquidation v. McComb
  18. March 27, 1876· cited 169×
    Cheatham v. United States
  19. February 28, 1876· cited 167×
    Union Pacific Railroad v. Hall
  20. November 15, 1875· cited 162×
    Dows v. National Exchange Bank of Milwaukee
  21. December 13, 1875· cited 154×
    Roberts v. Ryer
  22. October 15, 1875· cited 154×
    Chaffraix v. Shiff
  23. February 21, 1876· cited 149×
    Gould v. Evansville & Crawfordsville R. Co.
  24. May 18, 1876· cited 141×
    Newhall v. Sanger
  25. March 20, 1876· cited 141×
    Chy Lung v. Freeman
  26. January 11, 1876· cited 137×
    Phillips & Colby Construction Co. v. Seymour
  27. February 18, 1876· cited 95×
    Webster v. Upton
  28. November 29, 1875· cited 93×
    Sawyer v. Turpin
  29. March 20, 1876· cited 91×
    Blease v. Garlington
  30. January 31, 1876· cited 90×
    The “Colorado”
  31. December 13, 1875· cited 85×
    Hall v. Lanning
  32. January 24, 1876· cited 84×
    IVES v. Hamilton
  33. January 10, 1876· cited 82×
    Mueller v. Ehlers
  34. January 10, 1876· cited 79×
    Neblett v. MacFarland
  35. January 10, 1876· cited 79×
    New Lamp Chimney Co. v. Ansonia Brass & Copper Co.
  36. April 10, 1876· cited 78×
    Piedmont, Etc. Life-Ins. Co. v. Ewing, Etc.
  37. May 18, 1876· cited 76×
    Magee v. Manhattan Life Insurance
  38. May 18, 1876· cited 73×
    Central Railroad & Banking Co. v. Georgia
  39. March 30, 1876· cited 69×
    Angle v. North-Western Mutual Life Insurance
  40. February 28, 1876· cited 69×
    Haldeman v. United States
  41. April 24, 1876· cited 68×
    Butler v. Thomson
  42. February 14, 1876· cited 68×
    Aetna Life Ins. Co. v. France
  43. January 10, 1876· cited 66×
    The\ Sunnyside\
  44. May 18, 1876· cited 65×
    The \ Alabama \ & the \ Game-Cock.\
  45. January 10, 1876· cited 64×
    Mutual Benefit Life Insurance v. Tisdale
  46. May 18, 1876· cited 59×
    Carrol v. Green
  47. March 20, 1876· cited 58×
    Terry v. Tubman
  48. January 17, 1876· cited 57×
    Haines v. Carpenter
  49. January 24, 1876· cited 54×
    Forsythe v. Kimball
  50. May 18, 1876· cited 53×
    Marcy v. Township of Oswego
  51. February 14, 1876· cited 50×
    Hoover v. Wise
  52. March 20, 1876· cited 49×
    Hoffman v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance
  53. December 18, 1875· cited 48×
    Roemer v. Simon
  54. January 24, 1876· cited 44×
    Otis v. Cullum, Receiver
  55. February 14, 1876· cited 40×
    United States v. Corliss Steam-Engine Co.
  56. April 17, 1876· cited 39×
    Lamar v. Browne
  57. May 18, 1876· cited 37×
    Tyng v. Grinnell
  58. January 10, 1876· cited 37×
    McMurray v. Brown
  59. January 24, 1876· cited 34×
    Mississippi & Missouri Railroad v. Cromwell
  60. January 10, 1876· cited 34×
    Wright v. Tebbitts
  61. January 10, 1876· cited 30×
    Wallach v. Van Riswick
  62. October 25, 1875· cited 30×
    Semmes v. United States
  63. January 10, 1876· cited 28×
    The “Free State”
  64. April 10, 1876· cited 27×
    Town of Concord v. Portsmouth Savings Bank
  65. January 24, 1876· cited 27×
    Kittredge v. Race
  66. October 25, 1875· cited 27×
    Dainese v. Hale
  67. January 24, 1876· cited 26×
    Stott v. Rutherford
  68. May 18, 1876· cited 25×
    Hammond v. Mason & Hamlin Organ Co.
  69. May 18, 1876· cited 25×
    Humboldt Township v. Long
  70. January 24, 1876· cited 25×
    The\ Dove\
  71. October 15, 1875· cited 25×
    Piedmont & Arlington Life-Insurance v. Ewing
  72. February 21, 1876· cited 22×
    Brown v. Atwell
  73. January 31, 1876· cited 22×
    Dow v. Humbert
  74. October 15, 1875· cited 22×
    The \ City of Washington.\
  75. May 18, 1876· cited 21×
    Chamberlain v. St. Paul & Sioux City Railroad
  76. February 14, 1876· cited 21×
    Turner v. Ward
  77. May 18, 1876· cited 20×
    Barney Collector v. Watson
  78. January 10, 1876· cited 20×
    Mitchell v. Board of Commissioners of Leavenworth County, Kansas
  79. December 13, 1875· cited 20×
    First Unitarian Soc. of Chicago v. Faulkner
  80. May 18, 1876· cited 19×
    Township of Elmwood v. Marcy
  81. January 17, 1876· cited 19×
    Smith v. Vodges, Assignee
  82. April 17, 1876· cited 18×
    Montgomery v. Bucyrus MacHine Works
  83. October 25, 1875· cited 18×
    Wilmington, Etc. Rr Co. v. King, Ex'r.
  84. December 18, 1875· cited 17×
    Beauregard v. Case
  85. October 15, 1875· cited 17×
    McComb v. Commissioners
  86. April 17, 1876· cited 16×
    Phillips v. Payne
  87. February 28, 1876· cited 15×
    Raymond v. Thomas
  88. February 14, 1876· cited 15×
    Smeltzer v. White
  89. October 15, 1875· cited 15×
    Baltimore & Potomac Railroad v. Trustees of Sixth Presbyterian Church
  90. May 18, 1876· cited 14×
    Miller v. Dale
  91. March 20, 1876· cited 14×
    Burbank v. Bigelow
  92. February 18, 1876· cited 14×
    Clements v. MacHeboeuf
  93. November 29, 1875· cited 14×
    Knotts v. Stearns
  94. November 29, 1875· cited 14×
    Dainese v. Cooke
  95. April 24, 1876· cited 13×
    Garsed v. Beall
  96. April 24, 1876· cited 13×
    Oaksmith's Lessee v. Johnston
  97. April 10, 1876· cited 13×
    The 'Coty of Washington.'
  98. February 28, 1876· cited 13×
    Republican River Bridge Co. v. Kansas Pacific Railroad
  99. April 10, 1876· cited 12×
    Harrison v. Myer
  100. February 14, 1876· cited 12×
    Roberts, Trustees v. United States

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