Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1878
Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1878 (October 1, 1878 to September 30, 1879), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 138 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (134 with at least one citation, 9 with a syllabus, counted separately); up to 100 of them, ordered by citation count, are listed below.
- January 18, 1879· cited 1,827×Reynolds v. United States
- March 18, 1879· cited 568×Boom Co. v. Patterson
- May 18, 1879· cited 353×Sinking-Fund Cases
- January 27, 1879· cited 353×National Bank v. Matthews
- March 17, 1879· cited 344×Wilkerson v. Utah
- November 18, 1878· cited 266×Railway Co. v. Sayles
- November 18, 1878· cited 222×Robertson v. Cease
- April 21, 1879· cited 220×Harkness v. Hyde
- November 11, 1878· cited 205×Stacey v. Emery
- April 21, 1879· cited 197×Platt v. Union Pacific Railroad
- April 21, 1879· cited 170×National Bank v. Case
- December 18, 1878· cited 150×United States v. Claflin
- April 14, 1879· cited 146×Railroad Co. v. Grant
- November 18, 1878· cited 140×Snell v. Insurance Co.
- April 21, 1879· cited 139×Godden v. Kimmell
- December 18, 1878· cited 136×Erwin v. United States
- February 18, 1879· cited 132×Railroad Co. v. Commissioners
- February 18, 1879· cited 128×United States v. Ames
- March 18, 1879· cited 124×Barnet v. National Bank
- October 28, 1878· cited 115×Glenny v. Langdon
- December 18, 1878· cited 114×Davie v. Briggs
- November 18, 1878· cited 114×Cook v. Pennsylvania
- May 18, 1879· cited 112×Phelps v. McDonald
- January 18, 1879· cited 112×United States v. Union Pacific R. Co.
- January 27, 1879· cited 100×Railroad Co. v. Georgia
- November 18, 1878· cited 92×Howland v. Blake
- April 14, 1879· cited 88×Pence v. Langdon
- March 24, 1879· cited 87×Grafton v. Cummings
- April 21, 1879· cited 85×The\ Abbotsford\
- April 18, 1879· cited 83×Amy v. Dubuque
- April 18, 1879· cited 82×Gordon v. Gilfoil
- November 18, 1878· cited 80×Stewart v. Salamon
- March 18, 1879· cited 79×United States v. County of MacOn
- November 18, 1878· cited 78×Telegraph Co. v. Davenport
- November 25, 1878· cited 76×Powder Co. v. Powder Works
- December 18, 1878· cited 68×Wirth v. Branson
- April 21, 1879· cited 67×Campbell v. Rankin
- April 18, 1879· cited 67×University v. People
- April 14, 1879· cited 64×Transportation Co. v. Wheeling
- February 18, 1879· cited 64×United States v. Irvine
- March 18, 1879· cited 63×Commissioners v. Sellew
- March 18, 1879· cited 63×Keely v. Sanders
- December 16, 1878· cited 60×Ruch v. Rock Island
- November 25, 1878· cited 60×Barney v. Dolph
- November 25, 1878· cited 60×Kendig v. Dean
- March 18, 1879· cited 57×United States v. Burlington & Missouri River R. Co.
- April 28, 1879· cited 55×Van Norden v. Morton
- March 18, 1879· cited 55×Wolf v. Stix
- October 15, 1878· cited 55×Missouri, Kansas, & Texas Railway Co. v. Kansas Pacific Railway Co.
- April 14, 1879· cited 53×Hale v. Frost
- May 18, 1879· cited 51×Brick v. Brick
- April 21, 1879· cited 51×Smith v. Railroad Co.
- April 18, 1879· cited 49×Orleans v. Platt
- March 18, 1879· cited 49×Hussey v. Smith
- May 18, 1879· cited 48×Mining Co. v. Tarbet
- February 18, 1879· cited 45×Mills v. Scott
- May 18, 1879· cited 42×Denver v. Roane
- January 18, 1879· cited 41×Beckwith v. Bean
- February 18, 1879· cited 39×Hoge v. Railroad Co.
- March 24, 1879· cited 38×McBurney v. Carson
- December 16, 1878· cited 38×MO., ETC. RY. CO. v. Kan. Pac. Ry. Co.
- March 10, 1879· cited 36×United States v. Perot
- February 18, 1879· cited 36×Perris v. Hexamer
- May 18, 1879· cited 35×Colby v. Reed
- March 24, 1879· cited 34×Hosmer v. Wallace
- February 18, 1879· cited 34×Foster v. Mora
- January 20, 1879· cited 34×Reed v. McIntyre
- November 18, 1878· cited 34×Ford v. Surget
- April 14, 1879· cited 28×Brooklyn v. Insurance Co.
- November 18, 1878· cited 28×Hill v. National Bank
- December 23, 1878· cited 27×Gray v. Blanchard
- April 21, 1879· cited 26×Klein v. New Orleans
- January 27, 1879· cited 25×Terhune v. Phillips
- January 13, 1879· cited 25×Andreae v. Redfield
- October 28, 1878· cited 25×Gaussen v. United States
- April 28, 1879· cited 24×Jackson v. Ludeling
- January 27, 1879· cited 24×United States v. Kansas Pacific Railway Co.
- March 10, 1879· cited 23×Huidekoper v. Locomotive Works
- December 18, 1878· cited 21×County of Schuyler v. Thomas
- March 17, 1879· cited 20×Airhart v. Massieu
- April 14, 1879· cited 19×Railroad Co. v. Varnell
- April 21, 1879· cited 18×Whitney v. Cook
- May 18, 1879· cited 17×United States v. Winchester
- November 18, 1878· cited 17×Orvis v. Powell
- March 18, 1879· cited 15×Wilson v. Salamanca
- January 13, 1879· cited 15×Lyon v. Pollock
- December 16, 1878· cited 15×Ex Parte Schwab
- March 18, 1879· cited 14×Harris v. McGovern
- November 18, 1878· cited 14×Williams v. Hagood
- November 18, 1878· cited 14×Arthur v. Moller
- December 18, 1878· cited 13×Kesner v. Trigg
- April 18, 1879· cited 12×Bank v. Partee
- April 14, 1879· cited 12×Canal & Banking Co. v. New Orleans
- March 24, 1879· cited 9×Montgomery v. Samory
- March 18, 1879· cited 9×Myrick v. Thompson
- December 18, 1878· cited 9×Elcox v. Hill
- January 27, 1879· cited 8×Biebinger v. Continental Bank
- January 18, 1879· cited 7×Insurance Co. v. Lewis
- May 18, 1879· cited 6×Ketchum v. Buckley
- April 21, 1879· cited 6×Lyons v. Munson
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