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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1895

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1895 (October 1, 1895 to September 30, 1896), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 237 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (232 with at least one citation, 211 with a syllabus, counted separately); up to 100 of them, ordered by citation count, are listed below.

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  1. May 25, 1896· cited 1,376×
    United States v. Ball
  2. May 18, 1896· cited 1,034×
    Plessy v. Ferguson
  3. November 25, 1895· cited 1,019×
    Mills v. Green
  4. March 23, 1896· cited 849×
    Brown v. Walker
  5. April 27, 1896· cited 627×
    Wilson v. United States
  6. December 23, 1895· cited 544×
    In Re Sanford Fork & Tool Co.
  7. May 18, 1896· cited 526×
    Wong Wing v. United States
  8. March 2, 1896· cited 492×
    Spalding v. Vilas
  9. January 27, 1896· cited 414×
    Rosen v. United States
  10. March 2, 1896· cited 399×
    Geer v. Connecticut
  11. April 13, 1896· cited 349×
    Stevenson v. United States
  12. April 20, 1896· cited 336×
    Crain v. United States
  13. May 25, 1896· cited 241×
    United States v. Perkins
  14. November 18, 1895· cited 240×
    Moore v. Missouri
  15. May 18, 1896· cited 217×
    Talton v. Mayes
  16. December 2, 1895· cited 215×
    Goldsby v. United States
  17. April 20, 1896· cited 211×
    Alberty v. United States
  18. May 18, 1896· cited 203×
    Hennington v. Georgia
  19. November 18, 1895· cited 200×
    Clune v. United States
  20. May 25, 1896· cited 190×
    United States v. Realty Co.
  21. March 30, 1896· cited 188×
    Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Interstate Commerce Commission
  22. November 11, 1895· cited 174×
    Wheeler v. United States
  23. March 2, 1896· cited 172×
    Bank of Commerce v. Tennessee Ex Rel. Memphis
  24. December 16, 1895· cited 164×
    Lehigh Mining & Manufacturing Co. v. Kelly
  25. May 4, 1896· cited 160×
    Western Union Telegraph Co. v. James
  26. May 18, 1896· cited 154×
    Barnitz v. Beverly
  27. May 25, 1896· cited 148×
    Ward v. Race Horse
  28. January 6, 1896· cited 148×
    Kirby v. Tallmadge
  29. December 16, 1895· cited 144×
    In Re Keasbey & Mattison Co.
  30. March 2, 1896· cited 138×
    The Delaware
  31. November 11, 1895· cited 137×
    Isaacs v. United States
  32. May 18, 1896· cited 135×
    Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Gentry
  33. December 23, 1895· cited 129×
    Kohl v. Lehlback
  34. March 2, 1896· cited 127×
    Schroeder v. Young
  35. January 13, 1896· cited 127×
    Jacksonville, Mayport, Pablo Railway & Navigation Co. v. Hooper
  36. March 30, 1896· cited 126×
    Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Kentucky
  37. January 6, 1896· cited 126×
    Hickory v. United States
  38. March 9, 1896· cited 123×
    Swearingen v. United States
  39. March 30, 1896· cited 120×
    Cincinnati, N. O. & T. P. Ry. Co. v. Interstate Commerce Commission. Interstate Commerce Commission v. Cincinnati. N. O. & T. P. Ry. Co.
  40. December 16, 1895· cited 116×
    Townsend v. Vanderwerker
  41. January 13, 1896· cited 115×
    Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. Fitzgerald
  42. January 6, 1896· cited 115×
    Iowa Central Railway Co. v. Iowa
  43. November 11, 1895· cited 112×
    Winona & St. Peter Land Co. v. Minnesota
  44. January 6, 1896· cited 111×
    Gill v. United States
  45. April 13, 1896· cited 110×
    Great Western Telegraph Co. v. Purdy
  46. December 2, 1895· cited 106×
    United States v. Healey
  47. May 4, 1896· cited 100×
    Putnam v. United States
  48. May 4, 1896· cited 100×
    Coffin v. United States
  49. March 2, 1896· cited 99×
    United States v. Zucker
  50. December 16, 1895· cited 97×
    Interior Construction & Improvement Co. v. Gibney
  51. November 25, 1895· cited 94×
    Goode v. United States
  52. May 18, 1896· cited 91×
    Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Taggart
  53. May 18, 1896· cited 90×
    Burfenning v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co.
  54. March 16, 1896· cited 89×
    Central Pacific Railroad v. California
  55. March 2, 1896· cited 89×
    Harrison v. Fortlage
  56. January 6, 1896· cited 89×
    Southern Pacific Co. v. Pool
  57. March 2, 1896· cited 88×
    Evansville v. Dennett
  58. March 16, 1896· cited 86×
    Dushane v. Beall
  59. May 18, 1896· cited 83×
    Edwards v. Bates County
  60. May 18, 1896· cited 83×
    Perego v. Dodge
  61. March 9, 1896· cited 83×
    Union Pacific Railway Co. v. O'Brien
  62. November 11, 1895· cited 82×
    Thiede v. Utah Territory
  63. November 18, 1895· cited 81×
    United States v. Union Pacific Railway Co.
  64. December 16, 1895· cited 80×
    Ballew v. United States
  65. February 3, 1896· cited 78×
    Chemical National Bank v. Hartford Deposit Co.
  66. January 6, 1896· cited 78×
    Spalding v. Chandler
  67. November 18, 1895· cited 77×
    Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. Griffith
  68. April 13, 1896· cited 76×
    Smith v. Mississippi
  69. May 18, 1896· cited 73×
    Webster v. Luther
  70. March 2, 1896· cited 73×
    Hansen v. Boyd
  71. January 13, 1896· cited 73×
    Laing v. Rigney
  72. November 18, 1895· cited 73×
    Cowley v. Northern Pacific Railroad
  73. May 25, 1896· cited 72×
    Grayson v. Lynch
  74. November 18, 1895· cited 72×
    Magone v. Wiederer
  75. November 11, 1895· cited 70×
    Shiver v. United States
  76. January 6, 1896· cited 69×
    Eldridge v. Trezevant
  77. May 18, 1896· cited 62×
    Knights of Pythias v. Kalinski
  78. December 23, 1895· cited 62×
    Haws v. Victoria Copper Mining Co.
  79. December 23, 1895· cited 62×
    Central Railroad Company v. Keegan
  80. November 11, 1895· cited 61×
    Richards v. Chase Elevator Co.
  81. March 2, 1896· cited 60×
    Phoenix Fire & Marine Insurance v. Tennessee
  82. May 18, 1896· cited 59×
    Bacon v. Texas
  83. December 16, 1895· cited 59×
    Markham v. United States
  84. December 2, 1895· cited 59×
    Streep v. United States
  85. May 18, 1896· cited 57×
    United States v. Laws
  86. March 23, 1896· cited 54×
    Post v. United States
  87. May 18, 1896· cited 53×
    Illinois Central Railroad v. Illinois
  88. November 11, 1895· cited 52×
    Sonn v. Magone
  89. March 2, 1896· cited 51×
    Smith v. McKay
  90. April 13, 1896· cited 49×
    Northern Pacific Railroad v. Charless
  91. March 2, 1896· cited 49×
    Spalding v. Mason
  92. April 13, 1896· cited 47×
    Kelsey v. Crowther
  93. December 16, 1895· cited 46×
    Allison v. United States
  94. November 18, 1895· cited 46×
    Folsom v. Ninety Six
  95. April 13, 1896· cited 43×
    Northern Pacific Railroad v. Lewis
  96. March 2, 1896· cited 43×
    Ball v. Halsell
  97. April 20, 1896· cited 41×
    Oregon Short Line & Utah Northern Railway Co. v. Skottowe
  98. April 13, 1896· cited 41×
    Palmer v. Barrett
  99. March 30, 1896· cited 41×
    Owens v. Henry
  100. May 25, 1896· cited 40×
    Black v. Elkhorn Mining Co.

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