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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1883

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1883 (October 1, 1883 to September 30, 1884), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 183 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (177 with at least one citation, 175 with a syllabus, counted separately); up to 100 of them, ordered by citation count, are listed below.

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  1. April 21, 1884· cited 1,249×
    Mansfield, Coldwater & Lake Michigan Railway Co. v. Swan
  2. March 3, 1884· cited 1,005×
    Hopt v. People of Territory of Utah
  3. October 15, 1883· cited 999×
    Civil Rights Cases
  4. March 3, 1884· cited 548×
    Ex Parte Yarbrough
  5. May 5, 1884· cited 543×
    Hagar v. Reclamation District No. 108
  6. February 4, 1884· cited 399×
    United States v. Behan
  7. March 31, 1884· cited 298×
    Rosenthal v. Walker
  8. November 19, 1883· cited 277×
    Grace v. American Central Insurance
  9. April 14, 1884· cited 265×
    Moulor v. American Life Insurance
  10. January 28, 1884· cited 261×
    Krippendorf v. Hyde
  11. January 7, 1884· cited 255×
    Holland v. Challen
  12. November 5, 1883· cited 222×
    Hovey v. McDonald
  13. April 21, 1884· cited 196×
    Ames and Others v. State of Kansas Ex Rel. Johnston. Kansas Pac. Ry Co. v. Same
  14. December 17, 1883· cited 189×
    Canada Southern Railway Co. v. Gebhard
  15. December 17, 1883· cited 182×
    Providence & New York Steamship Co. v. Hill Manufacturing Co.
  16. January 7, 1884· cited 172×
    Martin v. Webb
  17. December 10, 1883· cited 168×
    Townsend v. Little
  18. January 21, 1884· cited 159×
    Hart v. Sansom
  19. February 4, 1884· cited 157×
    Vogel v. Gruaz
  20. January 14, 1884· cited 153×
    Kellogg Bridge Co. v. Hamilton
  21. February 4, 1884· cited 147×
    Spring Valley Water Works v. Schottler
  22. November 26, 1883· cited 146×
    Louisiana Ex Rel. Folsom v. Mayor and Administrators of New Orleans
  23. April 7, 1884· cited 141×
    Teal v. Walker
  24. March 24, 1884· cited 137×
    Dixon County v. Field
  25. May 5, 1884· cited 134×
    Carroll County v. Smith
  26. May 5, 1884· cited 132×
    Johnson v. Waters
  27. December 10, 1883· cited 132×
    Ellis v. Davis
  28. November 26, 1883· cited 128×
    Flash v. Conn
  29. October 23, 1883· cited 123×
    United States v. Gale
  30. May 5, 1884· cited 120×
    Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance v. Lathrop
  31. March 10, 1884· cited 117×
    McDonald v. Hovey
  32. May 5, 1884· cited 111×
    Pacific Railroad of Missouri v. Missouri Pacific Ry. Co. And Others. 1
  33. November 19, 1883· cited 108×
    United States Ex Rel. Wilson v. Walker
  34. April 7, 1884· cited 106×
    Börs v. Preston
  35. December 17, 1883· cited 104×
    Robertson v. Pickrell
  36. March 31, 1884· cited 102×
    Cooper v. Schlesinger
  37. January 7, 1884· cited 99×
    Wyman v. Halstead
  38. March 17, 1884· cited 96×
    Lammon v. Feusier
  39. January 21, 1884· cited 93×
    Redfield v. Ystalyfera Iron Co.
  40. April 21, 1884· cited 87×
    Alley v. Nott
  41. March 31, 1884· cited 84×
    New England Mutual Life Insurance v. Woodworth
  42. January 21, 1884· cited 83×
    Dimpfell v. Ohio & Mississippi Railway Co.
  43. January 7, 1884· cited 80×
    Taylor v. Bemiss
  44. December 3, 1883· cited 79×
    Smith v. McNeal
  45. November 19, 1883· cited 78×
    Arnson v. Murphy
  46. March 3, 1884· cited 75×
    Washer v. Bullitt County
  47. March 3, 1884· cited 75×
    Iowa v. McFarland
  48. January 21, 1884· cited 74×
    Allen v. Withrow
  49. March 3, 1884· cited 69×
    Northern Bank of Toledo v. Porter Township Trustees
  50. January 7, 1884· cited 69×
    Ex Parte Boyer
  51. March 3, 1884· cited 66×
    Slidell v. Grandjean
  52. December 17, 1883· cited 66×
    Thomas v. Brownville, Fort Kearney, & Pacific Railroad
  53. May 5, 1884· cited 64×
    Spindle v. Shreve
  54. January 21, 1884· cited 61×
    White v. Crow
  55. May 5, 1884· cited 60×
    Greenhood and Others v. Randall
  56. April 7, 1884· cited 59×
    Rector v. Gibbon
  57. April 14, 1884· cited 58×
    Chambers v. Harrington
  58. January 7, 1884· cited 58×
    Gilmer v. Higley
  59. November 12, 1883· cited 58×
    Cragin v. Lovell
  60. May 5, 1884· cited 57×
    Louisiana Ex Rel. Nelson v. Police Jury of St. Martin's Parish
  61. December 10, 1883· cited 57×
    Jackson v. Roby
  62. December 3, 1883· cited 57×
    Feibelman v. Packard
  63. March 3, 1884· cited 56×
    Mitchell v. Clark
  64. May 5, 1884· cited 55×
    Factors' & Traders' Insurance v. Murphy
  65. January 21, 1884· cited 55×
    United States v. Lawton
  66. March 31, 1884· cited 52×
    Stephens v. Monongahela Bank
  67. May 5, 1884· cited 51×
    Thompson v. First Nat. Bank of Toledo
  68. January 7, 1884· cited 51×
    Potomac Steamboat Co. v. Upper Potomac Steamboat Co.
  69. November 12, 1883· cited 49×
    Winthrop Iron Co. v. Meeker
  70. March 3, 1884· cited 46×
    United States v. Brindle
  71. January 28, 1884· cited 46×
    American File Co. v. Garrett
  72. December 3, 1883· cited 45×
    Memphis Gas Light Co. v. Taxing District
  73. November 26, 1883· cited 43×
    Bernards Township v. Stebbins
  74. March 17, 1884· cited 42×
    Walsh v. Mayer
  75. October 29, 1883· cited 42×
    King v. Gallun
  76. February 4, 1884· cited 40×
    East St. Louis & Treasurer of East St. Louis v. United States Ex Rel. Zebley
  77. March 24, 1884· cited 39×
    Taylor v. Bowker
  78. January 21, 1884· cited 39×
    Jonesboro City v. Cairo & St. Louis Railroad
  79. May 5, 1884· cited 38×
    Gibbs & Sterrett Manufacturing Co. v. Brucker
  80. April 7, 1884· cited 37×
    Astor v. Merritt
  81. December 3, 1883· cited 36×
    Gilfillan v. Union Canal Co. of Pa.
  82. October 29, 1883· cited 36×
    Green County v. Conness
  83. December 10, 1883· cited 35×
    Cunningham v. MacOn & B. R. Co. And Others
  84. December 17, 1883· cited 34×
    Young v. Duvall
  85. March 17, 1884· cited 33×
    Otoe County v. Baldwin
  86. January 7, 1884· cited 32×
    Sherman County v. Simons
  87. November 26, 1883· cited 30×
    Keyes v. United States
  88. January 7, 1884· cited 28×
    Cedar Rapids & Missouri River Railroad v. Herring
  89. April 7, 1884· cited 27×
    Drury v. Hayden
  90. March 24, 1884· cited 27×
    Canal Bank v. Hudson
  91. November 5, 1883· cited 26×
    Louis v. Brown Township
  92. May 5, 1884· cited 25×
    Ex Parte Hitz
  93. January 7, 1884· cited 25×
    Smith v. Greenhow
  94. October 29, 1883· cited 25×
    Porter v. Lazear
  95. February 4, 1884· cited 24×
    Jeffries v. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of NY
  96. January 28, 1884· cited 24×
    Freeman v. Dawson
  97. March 24, 1884· cited 22×
    Black v. Thorne
  98. January 28, 1884· cited 22×
    Illinois Central Railroad v. Turrill
  99. January 7, 1884· cited 19×
    Goodwin v. Colorado Mortgage Investment Co.
  100. March 3, 1884· cited 18×
    Swann v. Wright's

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