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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1889

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1889 (October 1, 1889 to September 30, 1890), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 198 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (193 with at least one citation, 187 with a syllabus, counted separately); up to 100 of them, ordered by citation count, are listed below.

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  1. May 19, 1890· cited 717×
    In Re Burrus
  2. March 10, 1890· cited 449×
    Bell's Gap Railroad v. Pennsylvania
  3. March 3, 1890· cited 380×
    Lincoln County v. Luning
  4. January 20, 1890· cited 363×
    United States v. Stowell
  5. March 3, 1890· cited 349×
    Medley
  6. January 20, 1890· cited 339×
    Cole v. Cunningham
  7. May 19, 1890· cited 284×
    Cherokee Nation v. Southern Kansas Railway Co.
  8. May 19, 1890· cited 273×
    Minnesota v. Barber
  9. May 19, 1890· cited 267×
    Thompson v. Phenix Insurance
  10. May 19, 1890· cited 262×
    Kneeland v. American Loan & Trust Co.
  11. May 19, 1890· cited 259×
    Washington & Georgetown Railroad v. McDade
  12. April 14, 1890· cited 217×
    United States v. Lacher
  13. December 23, 1889· cited 202×
    Singer Manufacturing Co. v. Rahn
  14. February 3, 1890· cited 196×
    Geofroy v. Riggs
  15. March 3, 1890· cited 186×
    Keller v. Ashford
  16. May 19, 1890· cited 181×
    United States v. North Carolina
  17. April 28, 1890· cited 175×
    United States v. Chase
  18. October 21, 1889· cited 173×
    Metropolitan Railroad v. District of Columbia
  19. May 19, 1890· cited 166×
    Union Bank of Chicago v. Kansas City Bank
  20. May 19, 1890· cited 164×
    District of Columbia v. Woodbury
  21. November 11, 1889· cited 161×
    First Nat. Bank of Charlotte v. Morgan
  22. November 11, 1889· cited 159×
    Smith v. Bolles
  23. November 25, 1889· cited 156×
    Fritts v. Palmer
  24. December 9, 1889· cited 154×
    Hastings & Dakota Railroad v. Whitney
  25. March 3, 1890· cited 146×
    In Re Wight
  26. May 19, 1890· cited 139×
    McCall v. California
  27. April 28, 1890· cited 130×
    In Re Mills
  28. May 19, 1890· cited 129×
    Farrar v. Churchill
  29. January 6, 1890· cited 129×
    Keyser v. Hitz
  30. March 24, 1890· cited 128×
    In Re Loney
  31. May 19, 1890· cited 124×
    In Re Palliser
  32. May 19, 1890· cited 121×
    McGahey v. Virginia
  33. February 3, 1890· cited 119×
    Smith v. Lyon
  34. January 13, 1890· cited 118×
    Richardson's v. Green
  35. January 13, 1890· cited 115×
    Hill v. Wooster
  36. February 3, 1890· cited 112×
    Buford v. Houtz
  37. March 17, 1890· cited 109×
    Gormley v. Clark
  38. April 7, 1890· cited 103×
    Brown v. Lake Superior Iron Co.
  39. March 3, 1890· cited 103×
    Crenshaw v. United States
  40. November 18, 1889· cited 102×
    Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad v. Thomas
  41. May 23, 1890· cited 99×
    In Re Luis Oteiza Y Cortes
  42. May 19, 1890· cited 96×
    Detroit v. Osborne
  43. February 3, 1890· cited 95×
    Burt v. Evory
  44. November 25, 1889· cited 95×
    Continental Life Insurance v. Chamberlain
  45. May 19, 1890· cited 94×
    Norfolk & Western Railroad v. Pennsylvania
  46. April 14, 1890· cited 94×
    Upshur County v. Rich
  47. January 6, 1890· cited 93×
    Graves v. Corbin
  48. October 28, 1889· cited 89×
    Robertson v. Frank Brothers Co.
  49. May 19, 1890· cited 87×
    Anderson v. Carkins
  50. March 3, 1890· cited 87×
    Boesch v. Graff
  51. May 19, 1890· cited 86×
    Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Co. v. Boston Marine Insurance
  52. April 21, 1890· cited 83×
    MacKall v. MacKall
  53. May 5, 1890· cited 82×
    Willard v. Wood
  54. May 19, 1890· cited 80×
    Indiana v. Kentucky
  55. November 18, 1889· cited 78×
    Redfield v. Parks
  56. December 2, 1889· cited 76×
    Pickhardt v. Merritt
  57. November 11, 1889· cited 75×
    Cross v. North Carolina
  58. January 20, 1890· cited 74×
    Stuart v. Boulware
  59. December 9, 1889· cited 74×
    Roemer v. Peddie
  60. January 27, 1890· cited 71×
    Knox County v. Harshman
  61. May 19, 1890· cited 68×
    Nashua and Lowell Railroad v. Boston and Lowell Railroad
  62. April 21, 1890· cited 67×
    Central Trust Co. v. Grant Locomotive Works
  63. March 17, 1890· cited 65×
    Toledo, Delphos & Burlington Railroad v. Hamilton
  64. December 23, 1889· cited 62×
    Idaho & Oregon Land Improvement Co. v. Bradbury
  65. May 19, 1890· cited 60×
    Norris v. Haggin
  66. March 3, 1890· cited 60×
    McCormick Harvesting MacHine Co. v. Walthers
  67. November 11, 1889· cited 60×
    Keystone Manganese & Iron Co. v. Martin
  68. March 3, 1890· cited 58×
    Louisville, New Orleans & Texas Railway Co. v. Mississippi
  69. April 14, 1890· cited 56×
    Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Woodson
  70. March 3, 1890· cited 56×
    Quebec Steamship Co. v. Merchant
  71. January 13, 1890· cited 53×
    Mason v. Pewabic Mining Co.
  72. November 4, 1889· cited 53×
    Brush v. Condit
  73. January 20, 1890· cited 52×
    Schrader v. Manufacturers' Nat. Bank of Chicago
  74. March 24, 1890· cited 51×
    Howe MacHine Co. v. National Needle Co.
  75. December 16, 1889· cited 51×
    Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Alabama State Board of Assessment
  76. May 5, 1890· cited 47×
    Iron Silver Mining Co. v. Campbell
  77. January 27, 1890· cited 46×
    Christian v. Atlantic & North Carolina Railroad
  78. November 25, 1889· cited 46×
    Vane v. Newcombe
  79. November 11, 1889· cited 45×
    Boylan v. Hot Springs Railroad
  80. April 28, 1890· cited 44×
    Eckloff v. District of Columbia
  81. January 6, 1890· cited 44×
    Case v. Kelly
  82. March 17, 1890· cited 42×
    Evans v. State Bank
  83. April 14, 1890· cited 41×
    Randolph's v. Quidnick Co.
  84. April 14, 1890· cited 40×
    Leavenworth County Commissioners v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.
  85. November 11, 1889· cited 40×
    Pennsylvania Railroad v. Miller
  86. April 7, 1890· cited 39×
    Lee v. Simpson
  87. March 3, 1890· cited 39×
    Phoenix Caster Co. v. Spiegel
  88. April 28, 1890· cited 38×
    Lodge v. Twell
  89. May 19, 1890· cited 37×
    Reynolds v. Adden
  90. December 16, 1889· cited 37×
    Dravo v. Fabel
  91. November 25, 1889· cited 37×
    Raimond v. Terrebonne Parish
  92. April 28, 1890· cited 36×
    Hartranft v. Meyer
  93. January 6, 1890· cited 35×
    Patrick v. Graham
  94. March 3, 1890· cited 34×
    Shepherd v. Pepper
  95. December 16, 1889· cited 34×
    Robertson v. Bradbury
  96. November 4, 1889· cited 34×
    Thompson v. White Water Valley Railroad
  97. May 5, 1890· cited 33×
    Mansfield v. Excelsior Refining Co.
  98. January 6, 1890· cited 33×
    Miller v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.
  99. March 31, 1890· cited 32×
    Hathaway v. First National Bank of Cambridge
  100. March 17, 1890· cited 32×
    Penfield v. Chesapeake, Ohio & South Western Railroad

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