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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1879

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1879 (October 1, 1879 to September 30, 1880), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 153 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (146 with at least one citation, 11 with a syllabus, counted separately); up to 100 of them, ordered by citation count, are listed below.

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  1. March 18, 1880· cited 1,327×
    Strauder v. West Virginia
  2. March 18, 1880· cited 907×
    Ex Parte Virginia
  3. December 22, 1879· cited 715×
    Wood v. Carpenter
  4. March 18, 1880· cited 532×
    Virginia v. Rives
  5. March 18, 1880· cited 383×
    Tennessee v. Davis
  6. April 12, 1880· cited 375×
    Missouri v. Lewis
  7. January 19, 1880· cited 300×
    Baker v. Selden
  8. March 29, 1880· cited 286×
    Smith v. Ayer
  9. March 18, 1880· cited 272×
    Cummings v. National Bank
  10. March 18, 1880· cited 244×
    Shaw v. Railroad Co.
  11. January 19, 1880· cited 223×
    Hauenstein v. Lynham
  12. March 29, 1880· cited 198×
    Douglass v. County of Pike
  13. March 22, 1880· cited 194×
    Pacific Railroad v. Ketchum
  14. May 10, 1880· cited 186×
    Crampton v. Zabriskie
  15. May 10, 1880· cited 183×
    Whitney v. Wyman
  16. April 12, 1880· cited 179×
    Case v. Beauregard
  17. April 19, 1880· cited 175×
    Langford v. United States
  18. December 18, 1879· cited 173×
    Oates v. National Bank
  19. December 18, 1879· cited 160×
    Marquez v. Frisbie
  20. November 17, 1879· cited 152×
    Cowell v. Springs Co.
  21. March 18, 1880· cited 140×
    Newton v. Commissioners
  22. May 10, 1880· cited 135×
    National Bank v. County of Yankton
  23. May 10, 1880· cited 132×
    Kirk v. Hamilton
  24. April 19, 1880· cited 131×
    Casey v. Adams
  25. April 18, 1880· cited 123×
    Bowditch v. Boston
  26. April 12, 1880· cited 123×
    National Bank v. Burkhardt
  27. December 22, 1879· cited 123×
    Stewart v. Platt
  28. February 18, 1880· cited 122×
    Bank v. Sherman
  29. March 29, 1880· cited 114×
    Walden v. Skinner
  30. March 22, 1880· cited 112×
    National Bank v. Graham
  31. November 24, 1879· cited 109×
    Broder v. Water Co.
  32. April 19, 1880· cited 100×
    Kidd v. Johnson
  33. April 12, 1880· cited 100×
    Ketchum v. St. Louis
  34. March 18, 1880· cited 98×
    Wolsey v. Chapman
  35. March 18, 1880· cited 95×
    Jones v. Clifton
  36. April 26, 1880· cited 93×
    Parks v. Booth
  37. May 10, 1880· cited 92×
    Baker v. Humphrey
  38. May 10, 1880· cited 91×
    The\ City of Panama\
  39. March 29, 1880· cited 89×
    MacHine Co. v. Gage
  40. November 10, 1879· cited 87×
    United States v. Hirsch
  41. March 18, 1880· cited 86×
    Pelton v. National Bank
  42. February 18, 1880· cited 85×
    Leggett v. Avery
  43. March 18, 1880· cited 84×
    Meguire v. Corwine
  44. April 26, 1880· cited 80×
    Goddard v. Ordway
  45. April 26, 1880· cited 78×
    Water-Meter Co. v. Desper
  46. April 12, 1880· cited 77×
    Anthony v. County of Jasper
  47. February 18, 1880· cited 75×
    Duncan v. Gegan
  48. April 18, 1880· cited 73×
    Manning v. Insurance Co.
  49. May 10, 1880· cited 70×
    Myer v. Car Co.
  50. February 18, 1880· cited 65×
    Terry v. Little
  51. November 24, 1879· cited 63×
    Emigrant Co. v. County of Adams
  52. March 18, 1880· cited 60×
    Ex Parte Clarke
  53. March 18, 1880· cited 59×
    Christian Union v. Yount
  54. January 18, 1880· cited 59×
    Hall v. Russell
  55. May 10, 1880· cited 57×
    Mohr v. Manierre
  56. January 19, 1880· cited 56×
    Greenleaf v. Goodrich
  57. April 19, 1880· cited 53×
    Langford v. Monteith
  58. March 18, 1880· cited 53×
    Wright v. Nagle
  59. March 18, 1880· cited 53×
    Simmons v. Wagner
  60. November 24, 1879· cited 52×
    Hurt v. Hollingsworth
  61. March 18, 1880· cited 50×
    Trust Co. v. National Bank
  62. December 22, 1879· cited 50×
    National Bank v. Carpenter
  63. December 18, 1879· cited 49×
    May v. Sloan
  64. October 27, 1879· cited 48×
    Ricker v. Powell
  65. May 10, 1880· cited 46×
    Brooks v. Railway Co.
  66. April 26, 1880· cited 46×
    Young v. Bradley
  67. March 18, 1880· cited 46×
    Cowdrey v. Vandenburgh
  68. November 24, 1879· cited 46×
    Steam-Engine Co. v. Hubbard
  69. January 18, 1880· cited 45×
    Wills v. Russell
  70. March 18, 1880· cited 43×
    Packett Co. v. St. Louis
  71. April 19, 1880· cited 42×
    County of Livingston v. Darlington
  72. March 15, 1880· cited 42×
    Burns v. Meyer
  73. November 24, 1879· cited 42×
    Holden v. Trust Co.
  74. March 29, 1880· cited 41×
    Durant v. Essex Co.
  75. December 18, 1879· cited 41×
    Bast v. Bank
  76. March 22, 1880· cited 39×
    Planing-Machine Co. v. Keith
  77. March 18, 1880· cited 39×
    Savings Bank v. Creswell
  78. October 15, 1879· cited 39×
    Lumber Co. v. Buchtel
  79. December 22, 1879· cited 38×
    Phillips v. Moore
  80. March 18, 1880· cited 35×
    Case v. Bank
  81. January 18, 1880· cited 35×
    Phillips v. Gilbert
  82. May 10, 1880· cited 34×
    Kennedy v. Creswell
  83. December 18, 1879· cited 32×
    Canal Co. v. Ray
  84. November 10, 1879· cited 30×
    Elastic Fabrics Co. v. Smith
  85. January 19, 1880· cited 28×
    Trenouth v. San Francisco
  86. January 18, 1880· cited 28×
    Watt v. Starke
  87. March 18, 1880· cited 27×
    Railway Co. v. Philadelphia
  88. April 18, 1880· cited 25×
    Gunton v. Carroll
  89. January 26, 1880· cited 25×
    Bank of America v. Banks
  90. March 22, 1880· cited 24×
    Insurance Co. v. Gridley
  91. January 19, 1880· cited 23×
    Bible Society v. Grove
  92. February 18, 1880· cited 22×
    United States v. Ellsworth
  93. December 15, 1879· cited 21×
    Paving Co. v. Mulford
  94. December 15, 1879· cited 20×
    Lansdale v. Daniels
  95. November 18, 1879· cited 20×
    Tintsman v. National Bank
  96. January 26, 1880· cited 19×
    Worthington v. Mason
  97. December 18, 1879· cited 19×
    Clark v. Trust Co.
  98. April 19, 1880· cited 18×
    Aldridge v. Muirhead
  99. March 18, 1880· cited 18×
    Gates v. Goodloe
  100. November 17, 1879· cited 18×
    Railway Company v. Twombly

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