Skip to main content
Federal & State Lawfederalstatelaw.com

Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1888

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1888 (October 1, 1888 to September 30, 1889), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 176 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (176 with at least one citation, 156 with a syllabus, counted separately); up to 100 of them, ordered by citation count, are listed below.

All Supreme Court records in the CourtListener bulk data

  1. January 14, 1889· cited 764×
    Dent v. West Virginia
  2. May 13, 1889· cited 642×
    Nielsen
  3. November 12, 1888· cited 567×
    Ex Parte Terry
  4. December 10, 1888· cited 471×
    Menendez v. Holt
  5. May 13, 1889· cited 251×
    The Chinese Exclusion Case
  6. May 13, 1889· cited 203×
    Kennon v. Gilmer
  7. December 17, 1888· cited 189×
    Cragin v. Powell
  8. March 5, 1889· cited 170×
    Arkansas Valley Land & Cattle Co. v. Mann
  9. November 5, 1888· cited 169×
    United States v. American Bell Telephone Co.
  10. October 29, 1888· cited 159×
    Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway v. Alabama
  11. January 14, 1889· cited 157×
    Stoutenburgh v. Hennick
  12. May 13, 1889· cited 156×
    Crehore v. Ohio & Mississippi Railway Co.
  13. December 10, 1888· cited 141×
    Goodyear's India Rubber Glove Manufacturing Co. v. Goodyear Rubber Co.
  14. December 17, 1888· cited 135×
    Metcalf v. Watertown
  15. November 19, 1888· cited 135×
    Stewart v. Wyoming Cattle Ranche Co.
  16. October 29, 1888· cited 134×
    Asher v. Texas
  17. May 13, 1889· cited 129×
    Cuddy
  18. January 21, 1889· cited 128×
    Galigher v. Jones
  19. May 13, 1889· cited 118×
    Huling v. Kaw Valley Railway & Improvement Co.
  20. November 26, 1888· cited 114×
    Cornelius v. Kessel
  21. December 17, 1888· cited 107×
    Walston v. Nevin
  22. December 10, 1888· cited 103×
    The Chateaugay Ore & Iron Co.
  23. November 19, 1888· cited 102×
    Jones v. East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad
  24. April 1, 1889· cited 101×
    Stevens v. Nichols
  25. November 26, 1888· cited 101×
    Wood v. Guarantee Trust and Safe Deposit Co.
  26. December 17, 1888· cited 95×
    Kennedy v. Hazelton
  27. November 19, 1888· cited 95×
    Credit Co. v. Arkansas Central Railway Co.
  28. April 8, 1889· cited 94×
    Hammer v. Garfield Mining & Milling Co.
  29. November 12, 1888· cited 93×
    Hennessy v. Woolworth
  30. January 28, 1889· cited 90×
    Carr v. Hamilton
  31. December 17, 1888· cited 87×
    United States v. Iron Silver Mining Co.
  32. April 8, 1889· cited 84×
    Amy v. Watertown
  33. May 13, 1889· cited 82×
    Lake County v. Graham
  34. January 28, 1889· cited 82×
    White v. Cotzhausen
  35. April 15, 1889· cited 81×
    Friedlander v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.
  36. November 19, 1888· cited 80×
    Brown v. Guarantee Trust & Safe Deposit Co.
  37. May 13, 1889· cited 79×
    Hill v. Harding
  38. October 22, 1888· cited 72×
    Dunlap v. Black
  39. October 22, 1888· cited 69×
    United States ex rel. Dunlap v. Black, Commissioner of Pensions
  40. December 17, 1888· cited 68×
    Marsh v. Nichols, Shepard & Co.
  41. April 8, 1889· cited 66×
    United States v. Insley
  42. November 19, 1888· cited 66×
    Banks v. Manchester
  43. January 21, 1889· cited 63×
    The Farmers'loan and Trust Co.
  44. May 13, 1889· cited 61×
    Stickney v. Stickney
  45. April 8, 1889· cited 61×
    Robertson v. Salomon
  46. December 3, 1888· cited 61×
    Denny v. Bennett
  47. January 14, 1889· cited 58×
    Camden v. Mayhew
  48. January 14, 1889· cited 56×
    Noble v. Hammond
  49. April 15, 1889· cited 54×
    Hurlbut v. Schillinger
  50. November 26, 1888· cited 51×
    The Gazelle and Cargo
  51. November 19, 1888· cited 51×
    Estis v. Trabue
  52. May 13, 1889· cited 47×
    Parker
  53. May 13, 1889· cited 43×
    Freeland v. Williams
  54. May 13, 1889· cited 43×
    Dunlap v. Northeastern Railroad
  55. April 1, 1889· cited 43×
    Buxton v. Traver
  56. May 13, 1889· cited 41×
    Segrist v. Crabtree
  57. April 22, 1889· cited 41×
    Hassall v. Wilcox
  58. April 8, 1889· cited 40×
    Davies v. Miller
  59. April 8, 1889· cited 40×
    Manhattan Bank of Memphis v. Walker
  60. March 5, 1889· cited 40×
    Ralston v. Turpin
  61. January 28, 1889· cited 40×
    Robertson v. Perkins
  62. January 14, 1889· cited 40×
    Baldwin v. Kansas
  63. January 28, 1889· cited 39×
    National Security Bank v. Butler
  64. April 8, 1889· cited 38×
    Gon-Shay-Ee
  65. January 28, 1889· cited 38×
    Brown v. Sutton
  66. May 13, 1889· cited 36×
    Picard v. East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad
  67. January 28, 1889· cited 35×
    Ruckman v. Cory
  68. March 11, 1889· cited 34×
    Calton v. Utah
  69. March 5, 1889· cited 32×
    Béné v. Jeantet
  70. December 10, 1888· cited 31×
    List v. Pennsylvania
  71. November 19, 1888· cited 31×
    Johnson v. Christian
  72. November 12, 1888· cited 31×
    Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co. v. Finzer
  73. February 4, 1889· cited 30×
    Bank of Fort Madison v. Alden
  74. November 19, 1888· cited 30×
    United States v. DeWalt
  75. December 10, 1888· cited 28×
    German Savings Bank v. Franklin County
  76. November 19, 1888· cited 27×
    Ridings v. Johnson
  77. March 5, 1889· cited 26×
    Ballard v. Searls
  78. May 13, 1889· cited 25×
    Coler v. Cleburne
  79. April 22, 1889· cited 24×
    United States v. Cumming
  80. April 15, 1889· cited 24×
    Union Trust Co. v. Southern Inland Navigation & Improvement Co.
  81. March 5, 1889· cited 24×
    Peters v. Hanson
  82. May 13, 1889· cited 23×
    Bacon v. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance
  83. November 19, 1888· cited 23×
    Pollak v. Brush Electric Ass'n of St. Louis
  84. April 1, 1889· cited 21×
    United States v. Pile
  85. November 12, 1888· cited 21×
    Jaehne v. New York
  86. March 5, 1889· cited 20×
    Schraeder Mining & Manufacturing Co. v. Packer
  87. January 28, 1889· cited 20×
    Union Pacific Railway Co. v. McAlpine
  88. March 5, 1889· cited 19×
    Goodwin v. Fox
  89. May 13, 1889· cited 18×
    Abendroth v. Van Dolsen
  90. December 10, 1888· cited 18×
    Ryder v. Holt
  91. May 13, 1889· cited 17×
    Douglass v. Lewis
  92. April 18, 1889· cited 17×
    Menken v. Atlanta
  93. April 1, 1889· cited 17×
    Williamson v. New Jersey
  94. March 5, 1889· cited 17×
    Insurance Co. of North America v. Guardiola
  95. May 13, 1889· cited 16×
    Stewart v. Masterson
  96. May 13, 1889· cited 16×
    Spalding v. Manasse
  97. April 8, 1889· cited 16×
    Parley's Park Silver Mining Co. v. Kerr
  98. March 5, 1889· cited 15×
    Badger v. Cusimano
  99. March 18, 1889· cited 14×
    Bullitt County v. Washer
  100. March 5, 1889· cited 14×
    United States Ex Rel. Levey v. Stockslager

Terms are listed when CourtListener's bulk data has at least 10 records with a citation or syllabus; the list shows at most 100. Where several records share one web address, only the record that address opens is listed; addresses also used by a curated case page are left out.

This is legal information, not legal advice. Laws vary by jurisdiction and change frequently. Always verify current law with official sources and consult a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction for advice on your specific situation.