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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1884

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1884 (October 1, 1884 to September 30, 1885), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 218 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (214 with at least one citation, 192 with a syllabus, counted separately); up to 100 of them, ordered by citation count, are listed below.

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  1. December 22, 1884· cited 500×
    Edye v. Robertson
  2. January 5, 1885· cited 437×
    Liverpool, New York & Philadelphia Steamship Co. v. Commissioners of Emigration
  3. May 4, 1885· cited 376×
    Fort Leavenworth Railroad v. Lowe
  4. March 16, 1885· cited 342×
    Soon Hing v. Crowley
  5. March 30, 1885· cited 339×
    Gloucester Ferry Co. v. Pennsylvania
  6. May 4, 1885· cited 286×
    Brown v. Houston
  7. May 4, 1885· cited 281×
    Wales v. Whitney
  8. March 2, 1885· cited 247×
    Ex Parte FISK
  9. April 13, 1885· cited 240×
    The Belgenland
  10. December 1, 1884· cited 216×
    Mahn v. Harwood
  11. December 8, 1884· cited 201×
    Chew Heong v. United States
  12. May 4, 1885· cited 199×
    Ex Parte Reggel
  13. January 5, 1885· cited 193×
    Hollister v. Benedict & Burnham Manufacturing Co.
  14. May 4, 1885· cited 192×
    Martinsburg & Potomac Railroad v. March
  15. May 4, 1885· cited 174×
    Schofield v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.
  16. March 30, 1885· cited 165×
    Lámar v. Micou
  17. November 3, 1884· cited 162×
    Butterworth v. United States Ex Rel. Hoe
  18. May 4, 1885· cited 157×
    UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY v. Myers
  19. March 30, 1885· cited 157×
    Butterworth v. Hill
  20. December 15, 1884· cited 153×
    State Ex Rel. Markley v. Baldwin
  21. March 23, 1885· cited 150×
    Thompson v. Boisselier
  22. November 24, 1884· cited 142×
    Heidritter v. Elizabeth Oil-Cloth Co.
  23. January 5, 1885· cited 138×
    Barbier v. Connolly
  24. November 10, 1884· cited 132×
    Ayres v. Wiswall
  25. March 2, 1885· cited 131×
    California Artificial Stone Paving Co. v. Molitor
  26. March 2, 1885· cited 128×
    Ayers v. Watson
  27. May 4, 1885· cited 127×
    Stewart v. Dunham
  28. May 4, 1885· cited 126×
    Strang v. Bradner
  29. December 8, 1884· cited 126×
    Birdsell v. Shaliol
  30. January 5, 1885· cited 123×
    Hess v. Reynolds
  31. March 23, 1885· cited 122×
    Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Ide
  32. May 4, 1885· cited 121×
    Sturges v. Carter
  33. November 3, 1884· cited 116×
    United States v. Waddell
  34. January 26, 1885· cited 114×
    Dakota County v. Glidden
  35. December 22, 1884· cited 112×
    Bond v. Dustin
  36. May 4, 1885· cited 110×
    Pirie v. Tvedt
  37. November 17, 1884· cited 107×
    Grenada County Supervisors v. Brogden
  38. March 2, 1885· cited 105×
    Erhardt v. Boaro
  39. November 17, 1884· cited 103×
    Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance v. Union Trust Co.
  40. February 2, 1885· cited 101×
    Ex Parte Bigelow
  41. January 5, 1885· cited 99×
    Cole v. La Grange
  42. March 30, 1885· cited 93×
    Sargent v. Hall Safe & Lock Co.
  43. January 5, 1885· cited 91×
    Martinton v. Fairbanks
  44. March 16, 1885· cited 90×
    Hardin v. Boyd
  45. January 26, 1885· cited 90×
    Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Co. v. United States
  46. January 19, 1885· cited 90×
    Cardwell v. American Bridge Co.
  47. November 24, 1884· cited 88×
    Exchange Nat. Bank of Pittsburgh v. Third Nat. Bank of NY
  48. April 13, 1885· cited 87×
    United States v. Minor
  49. January 26, 1885· cited 85×
    Anderson County Commissioners v. Beal
  50. April 20, 1885· cited 78×
    Carter v. Greenhow
  51. April 6, 1885· cited 73×
    Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Miller
  52. May 4, 1885· cited 68×
    Provident Savings Life Assurance Society v. Ford
  53. October 1, 1884· cited 67×
    Kansas Pacific Railroad v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
  54. May 4, 1885· cited 66×
    Wollensak v. Reiher
  55. March 2, 1885· cited 66×
    Chicago Life Insurance v. Needles
  56. May 4, 1885· cited 65×
    The Charles Morgan
  57. April 7, 1885· cited 65×
    The Laura
  58. January 5, 1885· cited 64×
    Rowell v. Lindsay
  59. April 13, 1885· cited 63×
    East Alabama Railway Co. v. Doe Ex Dem. Visscher
  60. January 19, 1885· cited 63×
    Central R. Co. of NJ v. Mills
  61. April 20, 1885· cited 61×
    Allen v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
  62. January 5, 1885· cited 61×
    St. Paul & Sioux City Railroad v. Winona & St. Peter Railroad
  63. March 2, 1885· cited 58×
    Blake v. San Francisco
  64. November 3, 1884· cited 58×
    Moran v. New Orleans
  65. November 17, 1884· cited 57×
    Labette County Commissioners v. United States Ex Rel. Moulton
  66. December 15, 1884· cited 54×
    Britton v. Thornton
  67. March 23, 1885· cited 50×
    Bohall v. Dilla
  68. February 2, 1885· cited 49×
    Fussell v. Gregg
  69. April 20, 1885· cited 48×
    Dobson v. Hartford Carpet Co.
  70. March 30, 1885· cited 47×
    Xenia Bank v. Stewart
  71. November 10, 1884· cited 47×
    Scotland County v. Hill
  72. April 20, 1885· cited 45×
    Poindexter v. Greenhow, Treasurer, Etc. In Error to the Hustings
  73. May 4, 1885· cited 44×
    Ehrhardt v. Hogaboom
  74. November 10, 1884· cited 43×
    Ex Parte Crouch
  75. March 30, 1885· cited 42×
    Electric Railroad Signal Co. v. Hall Railway Signal Co.
  76. February 2, 1885· cited 42×
    Thornley v. United States
  77. May 4, 1885· cited 41×
    Frasher v. O'CONNOR
  78. January 5, 1885· cited 40×
    Thayer v. Life Assn. of America
  79. May 4, 1885· cited 38×
    New Orleans, Spanish Fort & Lake Railroad v. Delamore
  80. April 13, 1885· cited 38×
    Marye v. Parsons
  81. January 12, 1885· cited 38×
    Polleys v. Black River Improvement Co.
  82. May 4, 1885· cited 37×
    Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Kirk
  83. May 4, 1885· cited 37×
    Crump v. Thurber
  84. November 10, 1884· cited 37×
    Foster v. Kansas Ex Rel. Johnston
  85. April 13, 1885· cited 36×
    Bissell v. Foss
  86. March 16, 1885· cited 36×
    Gregory v. Hartley
  87. January 5, 1885· cited 36×
    Davison v. Von Lingen
  88. December 15, 1884· cited 36×
    Carter v. Carusi
  89. May 4, 1885· cited 35×
    Hadden v. Merritt
  90. March 30, 1885· cited 34×
    Stephenson v. Brooklyn Cross-Town Railroad
  91. February 2, 1885· cited 34×
    Pneumatic Gas Co. v. Berry
  92. January 5, 1885· cited 34×
    Pullman Palace Car Co. v. Speck
  93. January 5, 1885· cited 34×
    Peugh v. Porter
  94. January 5, 1885· cited 34×
    St. Paul & Duluth Railroad v. United States
  95. November 3, 1884· cited 34×
    Horbach v. Hill
  96. March 30, 1885· cited 33×
    Mower v. Fletcher
  97. January 12, 1885· cited 33×
    Findlay v. McAllister
  98. March 2, 1885· cited 32×
    Morgan v. Hamlet
  99. May 4, 1885· cited 31×
    Wheeler v. New Brunswick & Canada Railroad
  100. May 4, 1885· cited 30×
    Philippi v. Philippe

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