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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1885

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1885 (October 1, 1885 to September 30, 1886), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 215 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (210 with at least one citation, 186 with a syllabus, counted separately); up to 100 of them, ordered by citation count, are listed below.

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  1. February 1, 1886· cited 3,820×
    Boyd v. United States
  2. May 10, 1886· cited 3,789×
    Yick Wo v. Hopkins
  3. May 10, 1886· cited 738×
    United States v. Kagama
  4. May 10, 1886· cited 712×
    Norton v. Shelby County
  5. December 7, 1885· cited 499×
    Campbell v. Holt
  6. December 7, 1885· cited 323×
    New Orleans Gas Co. v. Louisiana Light Co.
  7. April 12, 1886· cited 272×
    Long and Wife v. Bullard
  8. October 26, 1885· cited 264×
    Norrington v. Wright
  9. December 7, 1885· cited 258×
    Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. Humes
  10. March 1, 1886· cited 255×
    Van Brocklin v. Tennessee
  11. January 18, 1886· cited 251×
    Coffey v. United States
  12. April 12, 1886· cited 247×
    Cantrell v. Wallick
  13. April 5, 1886· cited 238×
    Stone v. South Carolina
  14. January 4, 1886· cited 220×
    Little v. Hackett
  15. April 26, 1886· cited 211×
    United States v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Co.
  16. December 14, 1885· cited 207×
    Hanley v. Donoghue
  17. January 4, 1886· cited 201×
    Smith v. Whitney
  18. November 23, 1885· cited 196×
    Kurtz v. Moffitt
  19. March 29, 1886· cited 189×
    MacKin v. United States
  20. November 16, 1885· cited 176×
    Kentucky Railroad Tax Cases
  21. May 10, 1886· cited 170×
    Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad
  22. November 2, 1885· cited 169×
    Starin v. New York
  23. March 8, 1886· cited 168×
    Graffam v. Burgess
  24. November 16, 1885· cited 165×
    Deffeback v. Hawke
  25. January 18, 1886· cited 162×
    Walling v. Michigan
  26. December 7, 1885· cited 160×
    Pulllman's Palace Car Co. v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.
  27. May 10, 1886· cited 159×
    Morgan's Steamship Co. v. Louisiana Board of Health
  28. February 1, 1886· cited 152×
    Shepard v. Carrigan
  29. March 1, 1886· cited 148×
    St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. Southern Express Co.
  30. May 10, 1886· cited 138×
    The City of Norwich
  31. November 16, 1885· cited 125×
    Pope v. Allis
  32. March 1, 1886· cited 122×
    Patch v. White
  33. December 21, 1885· cited 113×
    Lee v. Johnson
  34. December 7, 1885· cited 103×
    New Orleans Water-Works Co. v. Rivers
  35. November 23, 1885· cited 99×
    Traer v. Clews
  36. May 10, 1886· cited 96×
    Salt Lake City v. Hollister
  37. April 19, 1886· cited 95×
    Johnston v. District of Columbia
  38. April 5, 1886· cited 94×
    Burnes v. Scott
  39. December 21, 1885· cited 90×
    Fisk v. Jefferson Police Jury
  40. December 14, 1885· cited 87×
    Utah & Northern Railway v. Fisher
  41. April 26, 1886· cited 81×
    Spraigue v. Thompson
  42. January 4, 1886· cited 80×
    Anderson v. Santa Anna
  43. May 10, 1886· cited 77×
    Graham v. Boston, Hartford & Erie Railroad
  44. December 7, 1885· cited 72×
    Northern Pacific Railroad v. Traill County
  45. April 19, 1886· cited 71×
    Dobson v. Dornan
  46. March 1, 1886· cited 71×
    Higgins v. McCrea
  47. April 26, 1886· cited 68×
    Conley v. Nailor
  48. January 18, 1886· cited 68×
    Fletcher v. Hamlet
  49. March 15, 1886· cited 64×
    Sloane v. Anderson
  50. February 1, 1886· cited 64×
    Royall v. Virginia
  51. March 22, 1886· cited 63×
    Kerr v. South Park Commissioners
  52. January 25, 1886· cited 63×
    Iron Silver Mining Co. v. Cheesman
  53. October 26, 1885· cited 62×
    Filley v. Pope
  54. May 10, 1886· cited 61×
    Carson v. Hyatt
  55. March 22, 1886· cited 60×
    Fidelity Insurance v. Huntington
  56. December 7, 1885· cited 59×
    Thompson v. Allen County
  57. February 1, 1886· cited 58×
    Jones v. Simpson
  58. December 14, 1885· cited 57×
    Marvel v. Merritt
  59. November 16, 1885· cited 57×
    SPARKS & Another v. PIERCE & Others
  60. January 18, 1886· cited 55×
    Gibbons v. District of Columbia
  61. January 4, 1886· cited 55×
    Kings County Savings Institution v. Blair
  62. May 10, 1886· cited 51×
    United States v. Central Pacific Railroad
  63. December 21, 1885· cited 51×
    San Mateo County v. Southern Pacific Railroad
  64. May 10, 1886· cited 50×
    Plymouth Gold Mining Co. v. Amador & Sacramento Canal Co.
  65. April 5, 1886· cited 49×
    Yale Lock Manufacturing Co. v. Greenleaf
  66. November 2, 1885· cited 49×
    Van Weel v. Winston
  67. April 12, 1886· cited 47×
    District of Columbia v. McElligott
  68. March 29, 1886· cited 46×
    Ex Parte Fonda
  69. May 10, 1886· cited 45×
    Gardner v. Herz
  70. April 5, 1886· cited 45×
    Turpin v. Burgess
  71. January 25, 1886· cited 45×
    Dunphy v. Ryan
  72. December 14, 1885· cited 45×
    Call v. Palmer
  73. April 12, 1886· cited 44×
    Emerson v. Senter
  74. December 14, 1885· cited 43×
    Holgate v. Eaton
  75. May 10, 1886· cited 42×
    Snow v. United States
  76. March 1, 1886· cited 42×
    The Cherokee Trust Funds
  77. January 18, 1886· cited 41×
    London Assurance Co. v. Drennen
  78. January 11, 1886· cited 41×
    O'REILLY v. Campbell
  79. February 1, 1886· cited 38×
    Chaffin v. Taylor
  80. December 14, 1885· cited 38×
    Cannon v. United States
  81. January 25, 1886· cited 37×
    Oberteuffer v. Robertson
  82. April 5, 1886· cited 36×
    Sioux City & St. Paul Railroad v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.
  83. March 29, 1886· cited 36×
    Marshall v. Hubbard
  84. March 1, 1886· cited 36×
    Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. Ohle
  85. January 11, 1886· cited 36×
    Brown v. Davis
  86. November 16, 1885· cited 35×
    Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railroad v. Commonwealth
  87. April 26, 1886· cited 34×
    Mullan v. United States
  88. April 12, 1886· cited 33×
    Given v. Wright
  89. December 21, 1885· cited 33×
    Hewitt v. Filbert
  90. May 10, 1886· cited 30×
    The Great Western
  91. December 7, 1885· cited 30×
    Baltzer v. Raleigh & Augusta Railroad
  92. April 19, 1886· cited 29×
    Keyes v. Grant
  93. February 1, 1886· cited 29×
    Ming v. Woolfolk
  94. December 14, 1885· cited 29×
    MacKall v. Richards
  95. May 10, 1886· cited 28×
    Arrowsmith v. Harmoning
  96. December 21, 1885· cited 28×
    Coyle v. Davis
  97. December 21, 1885· cited 26×
    Winchester & Partridge Manufacturing Co. v. Creary
  98. March 15, 1886· cited 25×
    Boardman v. Toffey
  99. May 10, 1886· cited 23×
    Hopper v. Covington
  100. November 16, 1885· cited 23×
    Sargent v. Helton

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