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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1876

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1876 (October 1, 1876 to September 30, 1877), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 163 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (163 with at least one citation, 1 with a syllabus, counted separately); up to 100 of them, ordered by citation count, are listed below.

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  1. April 16, 1877· cited 2,216×
    Cromwell v. County of Sac
  2. March 18, 1877· cited 1,474×
    Munn v. Illinois
  3. April 30, 1877· cited 880×
    Milwaukee & Saint Paul Railway Co. v. Kellogg
  4. November 13, 1876· cited 467×
    Claflin v. Houseman
  5. December 18, 1876· cited 367×
    Indianapolis & St. Louis Railroad v. Horst
  6. October 30, 1876· cited 339×
    Grimes v. Sanders
  7. November 18, 1876· cited 306×
    SHERLOCK v. Alling, AdmInistrator
  8. April 23, 1877· cited 297×
    Barney v. Keokuk
  9. January 18, 1877· cited 297×
    Smith v. Goodyear Dental Vulcanite Co.
  10. March 19, 1877· cited 264×
    Cochrane v. Deener
  11. April 30, 1877· cited 261×
    McCready v. Virginia
  12. March 26, 1877· cited 241×
    Casey v. Galli
  13. December 18, 1876· cited 222×
    Brant v. Virginia Coal & Iron Co.
  14. April 30, 1877· cited 216×
    Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance v. Schaefer
  15. October 23, 1876· cited 216×
    New York Life Insurance v. Statham
  16. January 22, 1877· cited 197×
    Commissioners of Marion County v. Clark
  17. April 23, 1877· cited 184×
    Merrill v. Yeomans
  18. May 18, 1877· cited 167×
    Sullivan v. Portland & Kennebec Railroad
  19. March 19, 1877· cited 164×
    Doyle v. Continental Insurance
  20. March 19, 1877· cited 149×
    The \Margaret.\
  21. March 18, 1877· cited 146×
    Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy Railroad v. Iowa
  22. May 18, 1877· cited 135×
    Forbes v. Gracey
  23. October 30, 1876· cited 130×
    French v. Fyan
  24. March 26, 1877· cited 128×
    Town of South Ottawa v. Perkins
  25. April 30, 1877· cited 123×
    Allore v. Jewell
  26. January 29, 1877· cited 121×
    Consolidated Fruit-Jar Co. v. Wright
  27. April 23, 1877· cited 120×
    First Nat. Bank of Washington v. Whitman
  28. April 18, 1877· cited 120×
    National Bank of the Commonwealth v. Mechanics' National Bank
  29. March 18, 1877· cited 120×
    Hervey v. Rhode Island Locomotive Works
  30. May 18, 1877· cited 117×
    Stark v. Starr
  31. April 30, 1877· cited 107×
    Hyde v. Woods
  32. March 18, 1877· cited 105×
    Peik v. Chicago & North-Western Railway Co.
  33. January 15, 1877· cited 105×
    Ex Parte Cutting
  34. November 20, 1876· cited 104×
    Morgan v. Louisiana
  35. May 18, 1877· cited 99×
    Boyd v. Alabama
  36. April 16, 1877· cited 99×
    Davis v. Brown
  37. November 20, 1876· cited 99×
    Tilton v. Cofield
  38. December 18, 1876· cited 97×
    Broughton v. Pensacola
  39. December 11, 1876· cited 93×
    Wiswall v. Campbell
  40. March 13, 1877· cited 91×
    Jerome v. McCarter
  41. March 13, 1877· cited 91×
    Atlantic Delaine Co. v. James
  42. October 30, 1876· cited 86×
    Birdsall v. Coolidge
  43. April 18, 1877· cited 85×
    Seitz v. Mitchell
  44. April 30, 1877· cited 80×
    Supervisors v. Kennicott
  45. January 15, 1877· cited 80×
    Humes v. Scruggs
  46. November 27, 1876· cited 78×
    Hornor v. Henning
  47. April 18, 1877· cited 76×
    Corcoran v. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Co.
  48. January 18, 1877· cited 76×
    Storm v. United States
  49. March 26, 1877· cited 75×
    Collins v. Gilbert
  50. October 30, 1876· cited 71×
    West Wisconsin R. Co. v. Board of Supervisors of Trempealeau Cty.
  51. March 13, 1877· cited 67×
    Dutcher v. Wright
  52. November 18, 1876· cited 67×
    Ober v. Gallagher
  53. March 18, 1877· cited 66×
    Donaldson, Assignee v. Farwell
  54. January 18, 1877· cited 66×
    Commissioners of Douglas County v. Bolles
  55. April 16, 1877· cited 65×
    Crim v. Handley
  56. November 27, 1876· cited 65×
    Ex Parte Karstendick
  57. May 18, 1877· cited 62×
    Davis v. Alvord
  58. March 13, 1877· cited 62×
    American Bridge Co. v. Heidelbach
  59. January 18, 1877· cited 60×
    Cowdrey v. Galveston, Houston, & Henderson Railroad
  60. April 18, 1877· cited 57×
    Beall v. White
  61. May 18, 1877· cited 51×
    Sessions v. Johnson
  62. April 23, 1877· cited 51×
    Memphis v. Brown
  63. December 18, 1876· cited 51×
    Norton v. Switzer
  64. December 22, 1876· cited 50×
    Wiggins v. People
  65. November 13, 1876· cited 50×
    O'Hara v. MacConnell
  66. March 18, 1877· cited 48×
    Bayne v. United States
  67. January 15, 1877· cited 48×
    Lake Superior & Mississippi Railroad v. United States
  68. April 23, 1877· cited 47×
    Blake v. Robertson
  69. January 18, 1877· cited 47×
    Cockle v. Flack
  70. April 30, 1877· cited 45×
    New Jersey Mutual Life Insurance v. Baker
  71. April 18, 1877· cited 45×
    Waite v. Dowley
  72. March 26, 1877· cited 45×
    Hinckley v. Gilman, Clinton, & Springfield Railroad
  73. October 30, 1876· cited 45×
    Kitchen v. Randolph
  74. November 18, 1876· cited 44×
    Dresser v. Missouri & Iowa Railway Construction Co.
  75. April 16, 1877· cited 42×
    Clapp v. Mason
  76. November 18, 1876· cited 42×
    County of Calhoun v. American Emigrant Co.
  77. April 23, 1877· cited 41×
    Cawood Patent
  78. May 18, 1877· cited 40×
    Relief Fire Ins. Co. of NY v. Shaw
  79. December 18, 1876· cited 39×
    The \Juniata.\
  80. May 18, 1877· cited 36×
    Hogan v. Kurtz
  81. March 26, 1877· cited 36×
    The \Edith.\
  82. December 18, 1876· cited 35×
    Sage v. Central Rr Co. of Iowa
  83. May 18, 1877· cited 34×
    Johnson v. Harmon
  84. April 30, 1877· cited 34×
    The \ Stephen Morgan.\
  85. April 18, 1877· cited 34×
    Eyster v. Centennial Board of Finance
  86. March 13, 1877· cited 34×
    Township of East Oakland v. Skinner
  87. May 18, 1877· cited 33×
    Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance v. Schwenk
  88. November 27, 1876· cited 33×
    Talty v. Freedman's Savings & Trust Co.
  89. December 18, 1876· cited 32×
    Barkley v. Levee Commissioners
  90. March 19, 1877· cited 30×
    Phipps v. Sedgwick
  91. October 15, 1876· cited 29×
    Osterberg v. Union Trust Co.
  92. April 18, 1877· cited 27×
    Bowen v. Chase
  93. May 18, 1877· cited 26×
    Pike v. Wassell
  94. January 15, 1877· cited 25×
    Osterberg v. Union Trust Company
  95. April 30, 1877· cited 24×
    Howell v. Western Railroad Company
  96. January 22, 1877· cited 24×
    MacKie v. Story
  97. January 10, 1877· cited 22×
    Chicago & Alton R. Co. v. Wiggins Ferry Co.
  98. May 18, 1877· cited 21×
    Southern Express Co. v. Dickson
  99. November 20, 1876· cited 21×
    Schacker v. Hartford Fire Insurance
  100. January 29, 1877· cited 20×
    West Wisconsin Railway Company v. Foley

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