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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1891

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1891 (October 1, 1891 to September 30, 1892), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 189 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (186 with at least one citation, 173 with a syllabus, counted separately); up to 100 of them, ordered by citation count, are listed below.

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  1. February 29, 1892· cited 1,398×
    Church of the Holy Trinity v. United States
  2. January 11, 1892· cited 1,118×
    Counselman v. Hitchcock
  3. April 4, 1892· cited 863×
    Grand Trunk Railway Co. v. Ives
  4. November 2, 1891· cited 432×
    McClain v. Ortmayer
  5. January 18, 1892· cited 394×
    Nishimura Ekiu v. United States
  6. February 29, 1892· cited 365×
    Chicago & Grand Trunk Railway Co. v. Wellman
  7. November 9, 1891· cited 310×
    Seitz v. Brewers' Refrigerating MacHine Co.
  8. May 16, 1892· cited 308×
    Galliher v. Cadwell
  9. May 16, 1892· cited 303×
    Shaw v. Quincy Mining Co.
  10. April 4, 1892· cited 298×
    O'Neil v. Vermont
  11. November 9, 1891· cited 289×
    Marshall v. Holmes
  12. May 16, 1892· cited 242×
    Aerkfetz v. Humphreys
  13. March 14, 1892· cited 221×
    Lau Ow Bew v. United States
  14. April 4, 1892· cited 207×
    Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad v. Hawthorne
  15. April 25, 1892· cited 202×
    United States v. Eaton
  16. May 16, 1892· cited 196×
    Meehan v. Valentine
  17. February 29, 1892· cited 196×
    Nebraska v. Iowa
  18. December 7, 1891· cited 195×
    McLish v. Roff
  19. April 11, 1892· cited 184×
    Torrence v. Shedd
  20. January 4, 1892· cited 183×
    Pacific Express Co. v. Seibert
  21. January 4, 1892· cited 174×
    Wiggins Ferry Co. v. Ohio & Mississippi Railway Co.
  22. April 25, 1892· cited 168×
    Sessions v. Romadka
  23. December 14, 1891· cited 153×
    New Orleans v. New Orleans Water Works Co.
  24. October 26, 1891· cited 150×
    McNulta v. Lochridge
  25. April 4, 1892· cited 145×
    Pope Manufacturing Co. v. Gormully
  26. November 9, 1891· cited 138×
    Davis v. Patrick
  27. November 9, 1891· cited 131×
    American Net & Twine Co. v. Worthington
  28. April 18, 1892· cited 124×
    Nesbit v. Riverside Independent District
  29. April 4, 1892· cited 124×
    Hartford Life Annuity Insurance v. Unsell
  30. May 16, 1892· cited 123×
    Interstate Commerce Commission v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
  31. April 11, 1892· cited 117×
    Smith v. Gale
  32. April 18, 1892· cited 114×
    Crawford v. Neal
  33. February 29, 1892· cited 113×
    Horn Silver Mining Co. v. New York State
  34. December 7, 1891· cited 112×
    Sparhawk v. Yerkes
  35. April 11, 1892· cited 111×
    Sharon v. Tucker
  36. April 4, 1892· cited 109×
    Coosaw Mining Co. v. South Carolina
  37. March 14, 1892· cited 108×
    Ansonia Brass & Copper Co. v. Electrical Supply Co.
  38. December 7, 1891· cited 108×
    New Orleans & Northeastern Railroad v. Jopes
  39. May 16, 1892· cited 106×
    Miller v. Ammon
  40. May 16, 1892· cited 103×
    St. Louis, Vandalia & Terre Haute Railroad v. Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railroad
  41. May 16, 1892· cited 103×
    Interstate Com. Commiss. v. B. & O. RAILROAD
  42. January 18, 1892· cited 103×
    United States v. Alabama Great Southern Railroad
  43. January 26, 1892· cited 97×
    Home Benefit Assn. v. Sargent
  44. January 4, 1892· cited 97×
    Doon Township v. Cummins
  45. May 16, 1892· cited 95×
    Bardon v. Northern Pacific Railroad
  46. May 16, 1892· cited 95×
    South Spring Hill Gold Mining Co. v. Amador Medean Gold Mining Co.
  47. May 2, 1892· cited 94×
    Furrer v. Ferris
  48. January 11, 1892· cited 94×
    United States v. Des Moines Navigation & Railway Co.
  49. May 16, 1892· cited 92×
    Benson Mining & Smelting Co. v. Alta Mining & Smelting Co.
  50. December 21, 1891· cited 92×
    Van Stone v. Stillwell & Bierce Manufacturing Co.
  51. April 18, 1892· cited 89×
    Pendleton v. Russell
  52. January 4, 1892· cited 85×
    Northern Pacific Railroad v. Washington Territory Ex Rel. Dustin
  53. November 16, 1891· cited 85×
    Willcox & Gibbs Sewing MacHine Co. v. Ewing
  54. November 2, 1891· cited 85×
    McLean v. Clapp
  55. October 26, 1891· cited 85×
    Magowan v. New York Belting & Packing Co.
  56. November 16, 1891· cited 83×
    Cross v. Allen
  57. January 25, 1892· cited 78×
    Horner v. United States
  58. March 14, 1892· cited 76×
    Wilson v. Seligman
  59. May 16, 1892· cited 75×
    Glenn v. Marbury
  60. March 28, 1892· cited 74×
    Brenham v. German American Bank
  61. January 4, 1892· cited 71×
    Sunflower Oil Co. v. Wilson
  62. December 14, 1891· cited 71×
    Farnsworth v. Duffner
  63. January 11, 1892· cited 70×
    In Re Fassett
  64. November 9, 1891· cited 69×
    Crosby Steam Gage & Valve Co. v. Consolidated Safety Valve Co.
  65. April 11, 1892· cited 68×
    Chateaugay Ore & Iron Co. v. Blake
  66. January 4, 1892· cited 68×
    Chaffee County v. Potter
  67. March 7, 1892· cited 64×
    Gandy v. Main Belting Co.
  68. January 18, 1892· cited 64×
    Petri v. Commercial Nat. Bank of Chicago
  69. April 4, 1892· cited 63×
    The Blue Jacket
  70. December 21, 1891· cited 63×
    Deseret Salt Co. v. Tarpey
  71. October 26, 1891· cited 62×
    Fowler v. Equitable Trust Co.
  72. February 29, 1892· cited 59×
    New Orleans City & Lake Railroad v. New Orleans
  73. March 21, 1892· cited 58×
    Lacassagne v. Chapuis
  74. February 29, 1892· cited 57×
    Lawrence v. Nelson
  75. May 16, 1892· cited 56×
    Franklin Telegraph Co. v. Harrison
  76. December 21, 1891· cited 56×
    McElvaine v. Brush
  77. December 7, 1891· cited 54×
    Hall v. Cordell
  78. April 4, 1892· cited 53×
    Pope Manufacturing Co. v. Gormully & Jeffery Manufacturing Co.
  79. April 25, 1892· cited 52×
    Roberts v. Lewis
  80. March 21, 1892· cited 49×
    In Re Heath
  81. November 2, 1891· cited 49×
    Hickman v. Fort Scott
  82. May 2, 1892· cited 48×
    Barnett v. Denison
  83. November 9, 1891· cited 45×
    Leadville Coal Co. v. McCreery
  84. February 29, 1892· cited 44×
    Iron Silver Mining Co. v. Mike & Starr Gold & Silver Mining Co.
  85. November 16, 1891· cited 43×
    Adams v. Bellaire Stamping Co.
  86. October 19, 1891· cited 40×
    United States v. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co.
  87. January 26, 1892· cited 38×
    Clark v. Sidway
  88. November 23, 1891· cited 35×
    Moline Plow Co. v. Webb
  89. December 7, 1891· cited 34×
    Pearce v. Rice
  90. April 18, 1892· cited 33×
    Crotty v. Union Mutual Life Insurance
  91. April 18, 1892· cited 31×
    White v. Rankin
  92. May 2, 1892· cited 30×
    Willard v. Willard
  93. March 21, 1892· cited 30×
    Tripp v. Santa Rosa Street Railroad
  94. December 14, 1891· cited 28×
    Hammond v. Johnston
  95. May 16, 1892· cited 27×
    Baker's Executors v. Kilgore
  96. December 7, 1891· cited 25×
    Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co. v. Roberts
  97. May 16, 1892· cited 24×
    Cross v. United States
  98. April 11, 1892· cited 24×
    Kellam v. Keith
  99. May 16, 1892· cited 23×
    Hancock v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad
  100. April 25, 1892· cited 23×
    Kendall v. San Juan Silver Mining Co.

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