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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1890

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1890 (October 1, 1890 to September 30, 1891), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 252 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (244 with at least one citation, 230 with a syllabus, counted separately); up to 100 of them, ordered by citation count, are listed below.

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  1. May 25, 1891· cited 688×
    Union Pacific Railway Co. v. Botsford
  2. February 2, 1891· cited 598×
    Waterman v. MacKenzie
  3. May 11, 1891· cited 381×
    Hardin v. Jordan
  4. May 11, 1891· cited 374×
    Pullman's Palace Car Co. v. Pennsylvania
  5. May 11, 1891· cited 345×
    Quock Ting v. United States
  6. May 25, 1891· cited 334×
    In Re Rahrer
  7. April 27, 1891· cited 334×
    Scott v. Neely
  8. May 25, 1891· cited 324×
    Crutcher v. Kentucky
  9. April 6, 1891· cited 312×
    Inland & Seaboard Coasting Co. v. Tolson
  10. November 17, 1890· cited 302×
    In Re Grimley
  11. April 20, 1891· cited 273×
    Pennoyer v. McConnaughy
  12. January 26, 1891· cited 265×
    Whitehead v. Shattuck
  13. March 30, 1891· cited 223×
    Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad v. Converse
  14. March 16, 1891· cited 206×
    Howard v. Stillwell & Bierce Manufacturing Co.
  15. November 7, 1890· cited 204×
    The Max Morris
  16. March 2, 1891· cited 200×
    Anderson v. Watt
  17. March 30, 1891· cited 179×
    Handley v. Stutz
  18. December 8, 1890· cited 175×
    Montana Railway Co. v. Warren
  19. March 23, 1891· cited 170×
    Manchester v. Massachusetts
  20. December 8, 1890· cited 165×
    Solomons v. United States
  21. May 25, 1891· cited 163×
    St. Louis & San Francisco Railway Co. v. McBride
  22. January 19, 1891· cited 163×
    Brimmer v. Rebman
  23. May 11, 1891· cited 160×
    Gleeson v. Virginia Midland Railroad
  24. March 2, 1891· cited 160×
    Lawrence Manufacturing Co. v. Tennessee Manufacturing Co.
  25. December 22, 1890· cited 150×
    In Re Pennsylvania Co.
  26. May 25, 1891· cited 146×
    Butler v. Eaton
  27. January 19, 1891· cited 144×
    Packer v. Bird
  28. February 2, 1891· cited 141×
    Upshur v. Briscoe
  29. March 2, 1891· cited 140×
    Simmons v. Saul
  30. December 15, 1890· cited 135×
    Union Stock Yards Bank v. Gillespie
  31. February 2, 1891· cited 133×
    Crumpton v. United States
  32. March 2, 1891· cited 128×
    Logan County National Bank v. Townsend
  33. December 8, 1890· cited 126×
    Grover & Baker Sewing MacHine Co. v. Radcliffe
  34. November 3, 1890· cited 124×
    York v. Texas
  35. March 9, 1891· cited 123×
    Guaranty Trust and Safe Deposit Co. v. Green Cove Springs and Melrose Railroad
  36. March 2, 1891· cited 120×
    Chicago, St. Louis & New Orleans Railroad v. Pullman Southern Car Co.
  37. March 2, 1891· cited 119×
    St. Paul & Pacific Railroad v. Northern Pacific Railroad
  38. March 30, 1891· cited 117×
    Leeper v. Texas
  39. April 13, 1891· cited 116×
    Shelton v. Platt
  40. December 8, 1890· cited 115×
    Auffmordt v. Hedden
  41. February 2, 1891· cited 113×
    Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis Railroad v. Daughtry
  42. April 6, 1891· cited 112×
    Davis's Administrator v. Weibbold
  43. March 30, 1891· cited 110×
    In Re Duncan
  44. March 2, 1891· cited 107×
    Louisville, Evansville & St. Louis Railroad v. Wilson
  45. March 1, 1891· cited 103×
    Worthington v. Robbins
  46. December 15, 1890· cited 101×
    Hamilton v. Home Insurance
  47. April 20, 1891· cited 98×
    Henderson v. Carbondale Coal & Coke Co.
  48. March 23, 1891· cited 98×
    Etheridge v. Sperry
  49. May 11, 1891· cited 97×
    In Re Claasen
  50. April 13, 1891· cited 97×
    Western Electric Co. v. LaRue
  51. January 19, 1891· cited 97×
    Cope v. Cope
  52. March 2, 1891· cited 94×
    Covington Stock-Yards Co. v. Keith
  53. March 30, 1891· cited 93×
    Talbott v. Silver Bow County
  54. March 2, 1891· cited 91×
    Heath v. Wallace
  55. January 12, 1891· cited 91×
    Caldwell v. Texas
  56. April 27, 1891· cited 90×
    In Re Washington & Georgetown Railroad
  57. April 13, 1891· cited 89×
    Bock v. Perkins
  58. May 25, 1891· cited 88×
    In Re Garnett
  59. November 10, 1890· cited 88×
    Hennessy v. Bacon
  60. March 2, 1891· cited 85×
    Clark v. Bever
  61. May 25, 1891· cited 84×
    Clark Thread Co. v. Willimantic Linen Co.
  62. November 17, 1890· cited 83×
    In Re Morrissey
  63. March 2, 1891· cited 81×
    Clay v. Field
  64. November 24, 1890· cited 81×
    Wheeler v. Jackson
  65. March 9, 1891· cited 79×
    Johnson v. Powers
  66. November 10, 1890· cited 77×
    Florsheim v. Schilling
  67. March 2, 1891· cited 73×
    New Orleans v. Gaines's Administrator
  68. December 8, 1890· cited 73×
    Holden v. Minnesota
  69. May 25, 1891· cited 71×
    Williams v. Heard
  70. May 25, 1891· cited 66×
    Denny v. Pironi
  71. January 5, 1891· cited 64×
    Preston v. Prather
  72. May 25, 1891· cited 62×
    Pacific National Bank v. Eaton
  73. May 11, 1891· cited 61×
    In Re Shibuya Jugiro
  74. April 27, 1891· cited 61×
    Hill v. Chicago & Evanston Railroad
  75. March 2, 1891· cited 61×
    Central Trust Co. v. Kneeland
  76. December 22, 1890· cited 60×
    Merritt v. Cameron
  77. January 26, 1891· cited 59×
    Sioux City Street Railway Co. v. Sioux City
  78. May 25, 1891· cited 57×
    Voight v. Wright
  79. April 13, 1891· cited 57×
    Natal v. Louisiana
  80. April 20, 1891· cited 56×
    Allen v. Pullman's Palace Car Co.
  81. May 11, 1891· cited 55×
    United States v. Van Duzee
  82. January 12, 1891· cited 53×
    United States Ex Rel. Redfield v. Windom
  83. April 6, 1891· cited 51×
    Selma, Rome & Dalton Railroad v. United States
  84. May 25, 1891· cited 50×
    Schutz v. Jordan
  85. March 2, 1891· cited 50×
    King v. Doane
  86. May 11, 1891· cited 49×
    Block v. Darling
  87. March 2, 1891· cited 49×
    San Francisco City and County v. Le Roy
  88. May 25, 1891· cited 48×
    Martin v. Barbour
  89. March 2, 1891· cited 48×
    Gormley v. Bunyan
  90. May 11, 1891· cited 47×
    The E. A. Packer, Scully
  91. December 13, 1890· cited 47×
    Cleary v. Ellis Foundry Co.
  92. May 11, 1891· cited 45×
    Massachusetts v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
  93. April 20, 1891· cited 45×
    Redfield v. Bartels
  94. January 19, 1891· cited 45×
    Massachusetts Benefit Assn. v. Miles
  95. January 5, 1891· cited 45×
    Baltimore & Potomac Railroad v. Fifth Baptist Church
  96. December 15, 1890· cited 45×
    Busell Trimmer Co. v. Stevens
  97. December 1, 1890· cited 44×
    Dobson v. Lees
  98. May 11, 1891· cited 42×
    Higgins v. Keuffel
  99. February 2, 1891· cited 42×
    United States Mortgage Co. v. Sperry
  100. December 22, 1890· cited 42×
    Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. Artery

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