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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1887

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1887 (October 1, 1887 to September 30, 1888), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 222 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (210 with at least one citation, 210 with a syllabus, counted separately); up to 100 of them, ordered by citation count, are listed below.

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  1. January 9, 1888· cited 430×
    In Re Sawyer
  2. April 9, 1888· cited 387×
    Powell v. Pennsylvania
  3. January 9, 1888· cited 353×
    Whitney v. Robertson
  4. January 30, 1888· cited 341×
    Smith v. Alabama
  5. March 19, 1888· cited 328×
    Tilghman v. Proctor
  6. April 2, 1888· cited 299×
    Spencer v. Merchant
  7. March 19, 1888· cited 290×
    Bowman v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.
  8. May 14, 1888· cited 283×
    Leloup v. Port of Mobile
  9. May 14, 1888· cited 266×
    Travellers' Insurance v. McConkey
  10. April 23, 1888· cited 246×
    Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. MacKey
  11. April 30, 1888· cited 232×
    Colton v. Colton
  12. March 19, 1888· cited 230×
    United States v. San Jacinto Tin Co.
  13. October 31, 1887· cited 214×
    Finn v. United States
  14. March 19, 1888· cited 205×
    Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Attorney General of Commonwealth
  15. March 19, 1888· cited 204×
    Southern Development Co. v. Silva
  16. May 14, 1888· cited 201×
    In Re Coy
  17. November 14, 1887· cited 194×
    Smith & Griggs Manufacturing Co. v. Sprague
  18. May 14, 1888· cited 189×
    Mahon v. Justice
  19. March 19, 1888· cited 160×
    Willamette Iron Bridge Co. v. Hatch
  20. May 14, 1888· cited 153×
    Benson v. McMahon
  21. January 9, 1888· cited 124×
    Gumbel v. Pitkin
  22. November 21, 1887· cited 122×
    Doolan v. Carr
  23. March 19, 1888· cited 121×
    Chicago v. Taylor
  24. November 21, 1887· cited 121×
    Colorado Coal & Iron Co. v. United States
  25. April 30, 1888· cited 119×
    United States Ex Rel. Angarica v. Bayard
  26. April 16, 1888· cited 113×
    Dow v. Beidelman
  27. December 5, 1887· cited 112×
    Des Moines Navigation & Railroad v. Iowa Homestead Co.
  28. October 17, 1887· cited 109×
    Bohanan v. Nebraska
  29. December 5, 1887· cited 107×
    Litchfield v. Goodnow's Administrator
  30. December 19, 1887· cited 98×
    Hefner v. Northwestern Life Insurance
  31. May 14, 1888· cited 94×
    Robertson v. Downing
  32. January 30, 1888· cited 82×
    Union Insurance v. Smith
  33. March 19, 1888· cited 78×
    WU Tel. Co. v. Massachusetts
  34. February 6, 1888· cited 74×
    District of Columbia v. Gallaher
  35. April 30, 1888· cited 73×
    Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Herrick
  36. December 19, 1887· cited 73×
    Northern Pacific Railroad v. Mares
  37. January 16, 1888· cited 68×
    Searl v. School District No. 2
  38. November 7, 1887· cited 66×
    United States v. Philadelphia & Reading Railroad
  39. October 31, 1887· cited 65×
    Parker & Whipple Co. v. Yale Clock Co.
  40. March 19, 1888· cited 59×
    United States v. Burchard
  41. March 19, 1888· cited 59×
    Arthur's Executors v. Butterfield
  42. March 19, 1888· cited 58×
    Origet v. United States
  43. November 21, 1887· cited 53×
    The Smith
  44. November 14, 1887· cited 52×
    Andrews v. Hovey
  45. November 21, 1887· cited 51×
    Dewey v. West Fairmont Gas Coal Co.
  46. May 14, 1888· cited 49×
    Mosher v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co.
  47. April 16, 1888· cited 49×
    More v. Steinbach
  48. March 19, 1888· cited 47×
    Bank of Redemption v. Boston
  49. October 17, 1887· cited 47×
    Coffee v. Groover
  50. May 14, 1888· cited 45×
    Falk v. Moebs
  51. December 12, 1887· cited 45×
    Crawford v. Heysinger
  52. May 14, 1888· cited 44×
    Allen v. Gillette
  53. January 9, 1888· cited 44×
    Vetterlein v. Barnes
  54. October 31, 1887· cited 43×
    Bull v. Bank of Kasson
  55. April 23, 1888· cited 42×
    Blacklock v. Small
  56. May 14, 1888· cited 41×
    Noyes v. Mantle
  57. April 16, 1888· cited 39×
    United States v. Weld
  58. January 9, 1888· cited 39×
    Lawther v. Hamilton
  59. December 12, 1887· cited 39×
    Hailes v. Albany Stove Co.
  60. May 14, 1888· cited 38×
    Mosler Safe & Lock Co. v. Mosler
  61. April 30, 1888· cited 38×
    Taylor v. Holmes
  62. April 16, 1888· cited 38×
    Lyon v. Perin & Gafe Manufacturing Co.
  63. April 2, 1888· cited 37×
    Washington Ice Co. v. Webster
  64. January 9, 1888· cited 37×
    Roberts v. Benjamin
  65. January 30, 1888· cited 36×
    Brown v. McConnell
  66. May 14, 1888· cited 35×
    Easton v. German-American Bank
  67. April 9, 1888· cited 35×
    Hartranft v. Oliver
  68. April 2, 1888· cited 35×
    Williams v. Conger
  69. January 9, 1888· cited 34×
    Hinchman v. Lincoln
  70. March 19, 1888· cited 33×
    Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad v. Missouri River Packet Co.
  71. October 31, 1887· cited 33×
    Davenport Bank v. Davenport Board of Equalization
  72. April 30, 1888· cited 31×
    Bayard v. United States Ex Rel. White
  73. October 24, 1887· cited 30×
    Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway Co. v. Simmons
  74. December 5, 1887· cited 29×
    Teal v. Bilby
  75. November 14, 1887· cited 29×
    Hitz v. Jenks
  76. May 14, 1888· cited 28×
    St. Romes v. Levee Steam Cotton Press Co.
  77. May 14, 1888· cited 28×
    United States v. McLaughlin
  78. December 5, 1887· cited 28×
    Stryker v. Goodnow's Administrator
  79. February 6, 1888· cited 27×
    Hopkins v. Orr
  80. January 23, 1888· cited 27×
    State Nat. Bank of Springfield v. Dodge
  81. November 7, 1887· cited 27×
    Hoard v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
  82. March 19, 1888· cited 26×
    Cunningham v. Norton
  83. February 20, 1888· cited 26×
    Shoecraft v. Bloxham
  84. December 19, 1887· cited 26×
    Robison v. Female Orphan Asylum of Portland
  85. December 5, 1887· cited 26×
    Lamaster v. Keeler
  86. January 9, 1888· cited 25×
    Dundee Mortgage & Trust Investment Co. v. Hughes
  87. April 2, 1888· cited 24×
    Missouri Ex Rel. Walker v. Walker
  88. October 24, 1887· cited 23×
    The Excelsior
  89. April 23, 1888· cited 22×
    United States v. Irwin
  90. January 23, 1888· cited 22×
    Brooks v. Missouri
  91. April 23, 1888· cited 21×
    Whitbeck v. Mercantile Nat. Bank of Cleveland
  92. January 23, 1888· cited 21×
    Widdicombe v. Childers
  93. October 24, 1887· cited 21×
    Morey v. Lockhart
  94. December 12, 1887· cited 20×
    Sherman v. Grinnell
  95. December 5, 1887· cited 20×
    Plumb v. Goodnow's Administrator
  96. November 21, 1887· cited 20×
    Oelbermann v. Merritt
  97. March 19, 1888· cited 19×
    Hartranft v. Langfeld
  98. January 16, 1888· cited 19×
    Union Railroad v. Dull
  99. January 9, 1888· cited 19×
    Dryfoos v. Wiese
  100. May 14, 1888· cited 18×
    Calhoun v. Lanaux

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