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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1877

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1877 (October 1, 1877 to September 30, 1878), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 140 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (136 with at least one citation, 8 with a syllabus, counted separately); up to 100 of them, ordered by citation count, are listed below.

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  1. May 13, 1878· cited 431×
    Elizabeth v. Pavement Co.
  2. February 25, 1878· cited 413×
    MacHine Co. v. Murphy
  3. May 13, 1878· cited 406×
    Beer Co. v. Massachusetts
  4. February 18, 1878· cited 399×
    Neal v. Clark
  5. December 10, 1877· cited 239×
    Railroad Co. v. Jones
  6. January 14, 1878· cited 236×
    Hall v. DeCuir
  7. November 12, 1877· cited 222×
    Insurance Co. v. Dutcher
  8. November 12, 1877· cited 219×
    Continental Improvement Co. v. Stead
  9. May 18, 1878· cited 209×
    Moore v. Robbins
  10. November 26, 1877· cited 208×
    Ould v. Washington Hospital for Foundlings
  11. January 14, 1878· cited 206×
    Farrington v. Tennessee
  12. April 15, 1878· cited 202×
    Peugh v. Davis
  13. January 18, 1878· cited 202×
    Dobbins's Distillery v. United States
  14. December 18, 1877· cited 180×
    Bates v. Clark
  15. October 22, 1877· cited 170×
    Keystone Bridge Co. v. Phoenix Iron Co.
  16. October 22, 1877· cited 158×
    McMillen v. Anderson
  17. April 18, 1878· cited 141×
    Murray v. Charleston
  18. January 21, 1878· cited 140×
    Gold-Mining Co. v. National Bank
  19. October 29, 1877· cited 126×
    Shields v. Ohio
  20. December 18, 1877· cited 125×
    Transportation Line v. Hope
  21. November 19, 1877· cited 121×
    Brown v. County of Buena Vista
  22. November 12, 1877· cited 121×
    County of Cass v. Johnston
  23. January 21, 1878· cited 118×
    Insurance Co. v. Brame
  24. January 21, 1878· cited 104×
    Wallace v. Loomis
  25. November 26, 1877· cited 104×
    Tennessee v. Sneed
  26. December 10, 1877· cited 103×
    Beckwith v. Talbot
  27. November 19, 1877· cited 103×
    Pearson v. Yewdall
  28. January 18, 1878· cited 95×
    Pound v. Turck
  29. January 18, 1878· cited 94×
    The\ Virginia Ehrman\ and The\ Agnese\
  30. May 13, 1878· cited 93×
    Ketchum v. Duncan
  31. November 19, 1877· cited 92×
    Insurance Company v. Pechner
  32. January 14, 1878· cited 88×
    Dial v. Reynolds
  33. January 21, 1878· cited 87×
    Lilienthal's Tobacco v. United States
  34. November 19, 1877· cited 86×
    Turnbull v. Payson
  35. February 18, 1878· cited 85×
    Yeatman v. Savings Institution
  36. January 18, 1878· cited 80×
    United States v. Fox
  37. November 18, 1877· cited 79×
    Buffington v. Harvey
  38. April 18, 1878· cited 76×
    Davies v. Arthur
  39. December 18, 1877· cited 72×
    West St. Louis Savings Bank v. Shawnee County Bank
  40. April 22, 1878· cited 68×
    San Antonio v. Mehaffy
  41. December 18, 1877· cited 68×
    Thompson v. Maxwell
  42. March 25, 1878· cited 59×
    Insurance Co. v. Brune's Assignee
  43. November 19, 1877· cited 59×
    Amory v. Amory
  44. December 10, 1877· cited 57×
    Insurance Co. v. Higginbotham
  45. January 18, 1878· cited 56×
    Sage v. Railroad Co.
  46. April 15, 1878· cited 53×
    Arthur v. Lahey
  47. January 28, 1878· cited 50×
    Insurance Company v. McCain
  48. February 11, 1878· cited 44×
    Wisconsin v. Duluth
  49. March 25, 1878· cited 43×
    Herbert v. Butler
  50. May 13, 1878· cited 41×
    Glue Co. v. Upton
  51. February 11, 1878· cited 40×
    Memphis v. United States
  52. November 18, 1877· cited 40×
    Adams v. Nashville
  53. April 15, 1878· cited 39×
    Arthur v. Morrison
  54. January 28, 1878· cited 38×
    Dewing v. Perdicaries
  55. April 18, 1878· cited 35×
    Railroad Co. v. Vance
  56. December 17, 1877· cited 35×
    County of MacOn v. Shores
  57. October 22, 1877· cited 35×
    Pratt v. Railway Co.
  58. April 15, 1878· cited 31×
    Arthur v. Unkart
  59. January 18, 1878· cited 31×
    Thompson v. Butler
  60. December 18, 1877· cited 31×
    Fabbri v. Murphy
  61. November 12, 1877· cited 31×
    Merchants' National Bank v. Cook
  62. April 15, 1878· cited 28×
    Shillaber v. Robinson
  63. October 22, 1877· cited 28×
    New Orleans Canal & Banking Co. v. Montgomery
  64. February 11, 1878· cited 26×
    Bissell v. Heyward
  65. November 26, 1877· cited 25×
    Morrow v. Whitney
  66. March 25, 1878· cited 24×
    Godfrey v. Terry
  67. December 17, 1877· cited 24×
    United States v. THE\ GRACE LOTHROP\
  68. December 18, 1877· cited 23×
    United States v. Two Hundred Barrels of Whiskey
  69. April 15, 1878· cited 22×
    Arthur v. Sussfield
  70. December 10, 1877· cited 22×
    Kerr v. Clampitt
  71. February 18, 1878· cited 21×
    Noyes v. Hall
  72. March 25, 1878· cited 20×
    Conrad v. Waples
  73. February 25, 1878· cited 20×
    United States v. Memphis
  74. February 18, 1878· cited 20×
    Hutchinson v. the Northfield
  75. March 25, 1878· cited 19×
    Troy v. Evans
  76. March 25, 1878· cited 18×
    Marsh v. Seymour
  77. February 11, 1878· cited 17×
    The Lady Pike
  78. November 19, 1877· cited 17×
    Railway Co. v. Stewart
  79. March 25, 1878· cited 14×
    Trust Co. v. Sedgwick
  80. November 18, 1877· cited 14×
    Railroad Co. v. Rose
  81. April 22, 1878· cited 13×
    Arthur v. Homer
  82. February 18, 1878· cited 13×
    The\ City of Hartford\ and The\ Unit\
  83. May 13, 1878· cited 12×
    Allis v. Insurance Co.
  84. January 18, 1878· cited 11×
    United States v. County of Clark
  85. December 17, 1877· cited 11×
    Bergdoll v. Pollock
  86. December 10, 1877· cited 11×
    Colorado Company v. Commissioners
  87. November 26, 1877· cited 11×
    Cambuston v. United States
  88. April 22, 1878· cited 10×
    Arthur v. Davies
  89. March 25, 1878· cited 9×
    Rubber-Coated Harness-Trimming Co. v. Welling
  90. March 25, 1878· cited 9×
    Burbank v. Conrad
  91. February 18, 1878· cited 9×
    Emigrant Co. v. County of Wright
  92. April 22, 1878· cited 8×
    Arthur v. Goddard
  93. February 25, 1878· cited 7×
    County of Bates v. Winters
  94. February 11, 1878· cited 7×
    King v. Pardee
  95. November 18, 1877· cited 7×
    Insurance Co. v. Lanier
  96. October 15, 1877· cited 7×
    Edwards v. Kearzey
  97. April 29, 1878· cited 6×
    Wheeler v. National Bank
  98. January 21, 1878· cited 6×
    United States v. Meigs
  99. April 22, 1878· cited 5×
    Railroad Co. v. Collector
  100. January 28, 1878· cited 5×
    O'Reilly v. Edrington

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