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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1886

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1886 (October 1, 1886 to September 30, 1887), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 227 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (221 with at least one citation, 197 with a syllabus, counted separately); up to 100 of them, ordered by citation count, are listed below.

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  1. March 28, 1887· cited 814×
    Ex Parte Bain
  2. March 7, 1887· cited 570×
    Robbins v. Shelby County Taxing District
  3. January 17, 1887· cited 460×
    Hayes v. Missouri
  4. March 7, 1887· cited 330×
    Hopt v. Utah
  5. March 28, 1887· cited 306×
    Richmond v. Irons
  6. January 24, 1887· cited 297×
    In Re Snow
  7. November 15, 1886· cited 270×
    White v. Dunbar
  8. November 1, 1886· cited 222×
    Vicksburg & Meridian Railroad v. Putnam
  9. April 4, 1887· cited 215×
    Mercantile Bank v. New York
  10. May 2, 1887· cited 211×
    Hartranft v. Wiegmann
  11. January 31, 1887· cited 205×
    Phoenix Life Ins. Co. v. Raddin
  12. November 1, 1886· cited 202×
    Vicksburg & Meridian Railroad v. O'Brien
  13. November 1, 1886· cited 197×
    Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Co. v. Illinois
  14. January 24, 1887· cited 192×
    Crescent City Live Stock Co. v. Batchers' Union Slaughter-House Co.
  15. May 2, 1887· cited 191×
    Stanley v. Supervisors of Albany
  16. November 8, 1886· cited 166×
    Harkness v. Russell
  17. November 29, 1886· cited 165×
    Freeman v. Alderson
  18. January 24, 1887· cited 158×
    Kirby v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad
  19. May 2, 1887· cited 151×
    Wright v. Roseberry
  20. November 29, 1886· cited 151×
    Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway v. Columbus Rolling Mill
  21. May 23, 1887· cited 150×
    Tuttle v. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee Railway
  22. April 25, 1887· cited 150×
    Boynton v. Ball
  23. April 25, 1887· cited 140×
    Carson v. Dunham
  24. January 10, 1887· cited 130×
    Cope v. Vallette Dry Dock Co.
  25. May 2, 1887· cited 122×
    Frost v. Spitley
  26. May 23, 1887· cited 121×
    Eames v. Andrews
  27. April 18, 1887· cited 119×
    Hinckley v. Pittsburgh Bessemer Steel Co.
  28. November 29, 1886· cited 119×
    Hapgood v. Hewitt
  29. May 27, 1887· cited 117×
    Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway Co. v. Dunn
  30. December 6, 1886· cited 114×
    Clark v. Wooster
  31. May 27, 1887· cited 113×
    Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Pendleton
  32. May 27, 1887· cited 107×
    Denver & Rio Grande Railway v. Harris
  33. May 2, 1887· cited 104×
    New Jersey Steamboat Co. v. Brockett
  34. March 7, 1887· cited 104×
    Rosenbaum v. Bauer
  35. May 27, 1887· cited 103×
    Seibert v. Lewis
  36. December 20, 1886· cited 99×
    Huse v. Glover
  37. January 31, 1887· cited 98×
    King Bridge Co. v. Otoe County
  38. November 29, 1886· cited 96×
    Continental Insurance v. Rhoads
  39. May 23, 1887· cited 95×
    Topliff v. Topliff
  40. January 10, 1887· cited 94×
    United States v. Philbrick
  41. March 7, 1887· cited 93×
    Fletcher v. Fuller
  42. January 31, 1887· cited 91×
    Meyers v. Block
  43. November 1, 1886· cited 87×
    Whitney v. Butler
  44. November 1, 1886· cited 87×
    Little v. Giles
  45. May 23, 1887· cited 86×
    Gibson v. Shufeldt
  46. January 31, 1887· cited 83×
    United States v. Pacific Railroad
  47. November 1, 1886· cited 79×
    Delano v. Butler
  48. March 7, 1887· cited 76×
    Schuler v. Israel
  49. January 24, 1887· cited 75×
    Huntington v. Worthen
  50. March 21, 1887· cited 70×
    Leather Manufacturers' Bank v. Cooper
  51. January 10, 1887· cited 70×
    United States v. Saunders
  52. May 2, 1887· cited 68×
    Metropolitan Railroad v. Moore
  53. May 27, 1887· cited 64×
    Gandy v. Marble
  54. April 25, 1887· cited 64×
    Wilson's v. Deen
  55. April 18, 1887· cited 64×
    Lehigh Water Co. v. Easton
  56. January 10, 1887· cited 63×
    United States v. Symonds
  57. November 29, 1886· cited 63×
    New York, Lake Erie, & Western Railroad v. Nickals
  58. November 29, 1886· cited 63×
    East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad v. Grayson
  59. May 27, 1887· cited 61×
    Shippen v. Bowen
  60. April 11, 1887· cited 59×
    McConihay v. Wright
  61. March 7, 1887· cited 59×
    United States v. Arjona
  62. December 6, 1886· cited 59×
    New Orleans v. Houston
  63. May 2, 1887· cited 58×
    Snow v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co.
  64. March 14, 1887· cited 56×
    East St. Louis v. Amy
  65. January 10, 1887· cited 54×
    Goetz v. Bank of Kansas City
  66. February 7, 1887· cited 52×
    Farley v. Kittson
  67. December 20, 1886· cited 52×
    Sutter v. Robinson
  68. March 7, 1887· cited 50×
    Laclede Bank v. Schuler
  69. May 23, 1887· cited 49×
    The Manitoba
  70. January 10, 1887· cited 48×
    Ives v. Sargent
  71. December 6, 1886· cited 48×
    Wood v. Fort Wayne
  72. January 31, 1887· cited 47×
    Indianapolis Rolling Mill v. St. Louis, Fort Scott & Wichita Railroad
  73. April 18, 1887· cited 45×
    Thatcher Heating Co. v. Burtis
  74. March 7, 1887· cited 44×
    Porter v. Pittsburg Bessemer Steel Co.
  75. May 27, 1887· cited 42×
    Drexel v. Berney
  76. March 21, 1887· cited 42×
    Bolles v. Brimfield
  77. February 7, 1887· cited 42×
    Quincy v. Steel
  78. January 17, 1887· cited 41×
    Forsyth v. Doolittle
  79. January 10, 1887· cited 41×
    Iron Mountain & Helena Railroad v. Johnson
  80. May 23, 1887· cited 40×
    Beedle v. Bennett
  81. January 31, 1887· cited 40×
    Everhart v. Huntsville College
  82. March 7, 1887· cited 38×
    Chicago, Burlington, & Kansas City Railroad v. Guffey
  83. May 27, 1887· cited 36×
    Thorn Wire Hedge Co. v. Fuller
  84. April 11, 1887· cited 35×
    Menard v. Goggan
  85. January 10, 1887· cited 35×
    St. Tammany Water Works v. New Orleans Water Works
  86. December 6, 1886· cited 35×
    Hamilton v. Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Railroad
  87. May 23, 1887· cited 34×
    St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. Knight
  88. May 23, 1887· cited 33×
    Williams v. Supervisors of Albany
  89. December 20, 1886· cited 33×
    Thackrah v. Haas
  90. January 24, 1887· cited 32×
    Little Rock & Ft. S. Ry. v. Worthen, Collector, Etc., and Others. In Error to The
  91. November 15, 1886· cited 32×
    Dainese v. Kendall
  92. May 23, 1887· cited 31×
    Northwestern Life Insurance v. Muskegon Bank
  93. May 23, 1887· cited 30×
    Hanna v. Maas
  94. April 25, 1887· cited 30×
    Ouachita Packet Co. v. Aiken
  95. March 14, 1887· cited 30×
    Gonzales v. Ross
  96. December 13, 1886· cited 30×
    Peper v. Fordyce
  97. April 25, 1887· cited 29×
    Albany & Rensselaer Co. v. Lundberg
  98. May 27, 1887· cited 28×
    St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway v. Vickers
  99. March 7, 1887· cited 28×
    Corson v. Maryland
  100. January 10, 1887· cited 28×
    Northern Pacific Railroad v. Paine

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