Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1897
Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1897 (October 1, 1897 to September 30, 1898), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 166 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (165 with at least one citation, 113 with a syllabus, counted separately); up to 100 of them, ordered by citation count, are listed below.
- December 13, 1897· cited 1,397×Bram v. United States
- March 7, 1898· cited 903×Smyth v. Ames
- April 25, 1898· cited 472×Thompson v. Utah
- January 10, 1898· cited 456×Powers v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.
- March 28, 1898· cited 427×United States v. Wong Kim Ark
- April 18, 1898· cited 389×Hawker v. New York
- November 29, 1897· cited 379×Underhill v. Hernandez
- April 18, 1898· cited 358×American Surety Company v. Pauly
- May 9, 1898· cited 291×Westinghouse v. Boyden Power Brake Co.
- May 23, 1898· cited 270×Ledbetter v. United States
- May 31, 1898· cited 249×Thompson v. Missouri
- February 21, 1898· cited 228×Thomas v. Gay
- April 11, 1898· cited 226×Barrow Steamship Co. v. Kane
- December 6, 1897· cited 201×Stewart v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
- March 14, 1898· cited 191×Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. Haber
- May 31, 1898· cited 189×Pullman's Palace Car Co. v. Central Transportation Co.
- February 21, 1898· cited 183×Baker v. Grice
- May 9, 1898· cited 181×Rhodes v. Iowa
- January 17, 1898· cited 178×Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. Solan
- May 23, 1898· cited 172×Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Archibald
- April 18, 1898· cited 160×The John G. Stevens
- March 7, 1898· cited 156×Backus v. Fort Street Union Depot Co.
- May 2, 1898· cited 153×Williams v. Eggleston
- January 17, 1898· cited 150×Wetmore v. Rymer
- May 23, 1898· cited 148×Schollenberger v. Pennsylvania
- January 3, 1898· cited 147×Penn Mutual Life Insurance v. Austin
- May 31, 1898· cited 143×Tinsley v. Anderson
- December 6, 1897· cited 143×Thompson v. Maxwell Land Grant & Railway Co.
- May 31, 1898· cited 138×Patapsco Guano Co. v. North Carolina Board of Agriculture
- January 17, 1898· cited 135×Ritter v. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of NY
- November 29, 1897· cited 117×Karrick v. Hannaman
- March 21, 1898· cited 111×Wilson v. North Carolina
- February 28, 1898· cited 110×Smithsonian Institution v. Meech
- May 31, 1898· cited 107×Tide Water Oil Co. v. United States
- November 29, 1897· cited 106×Ogden City v. Armstrong
- December 18, 1897· cited 104×Michigan Land & Lumber Co. v. Rust
- January 3, 1898· cited 103×United States v. Passavant
- March 7, 1898· cited 101×Savings & Loan Society v. Multnomah County
- October 18, 1897· cited 100×Turner v. New York
- November 29, 1897· cited 98×Nobles v. Georgia
- May 31, 1898· cited 97×The Irrawaddy
- April 11, 1898· cited 97×New York Indians v. United States
- November 29, 1897· cited 96×O'BRIEN v. Miller
- November 1, 1897· cited 95×Fletcher v. Baltimore & Potomac Railroad
- April 25, 1898· cited 90×Calderon v. Atlas Steamship Co.
- November 29, 1897· cited 88×Douglas v. Kentucky
- November 29, 1897· cited 88×St. Anthony Falls Water Power Company v. St. Paul Water Commissioners; Minneapolis Mill Company v. Same
- May 9, 1898· cited 87×Vance v. W. A. Vandercook Co.
- February 21, 1898· cited 79×Dull v. Blackman
- October 25, 1897· cited 68×Craemer v. Washington
- May 9, 1898· cited 67×Andersen v. United States
- May 31, 1898· cited 66×Northern Pacific Railroad v. Smith
- May 9, 1898· cited 66×Virginia & Alabama Coal Co. v. Central Railroad & Banking Co. of Ga.
- January 3, 1898· cited 66×Hetzel v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
- November 29, 1897· cited 66×Roff v. Burney
- March 21, 1898· cited 65×United States Ex Rel. Bernardin v. Butterworth
- November 29, 1897· cited 64×Warner v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
- February 21, 1898· cited 63×Brown v. Marion National Bank
- January 3, 1898· cited 63×Shepard v. Adams
- October 25, 1897· cited 58×Compania De Navigacion La Flecha v. Brauer
- May 31, 1898· cited 57×Northern Pacific R. Co. v. Smith
- March 21, 1898· cited 57×McCormick Harvesting MacHine Co. v. Aultman
- May 31, 1898· cited 56×White v. Berry
- November 29, 1897· cited 56×Hodgson v. Vermont
- May 2, 1898· cited 54×Shaw v. Kellogg
- January 3, 1898· cited 51×McHenry v. Alford
- May 2, 1898· cited 47×Plaquemines Tropical Fruit Co. v. Henderson
- February 21, 1898· cited 46×Richmond & Alleghany Railroad v. R. A. Patterson Tobacco Co.
- October 18, 1897· cited 45×Alaska Treadwell Gold Min. Co. v. Whelan
- May 23, 1898· cited 44×Collins v. New Hampshire
- February 21, 1898· cited 44×Baker v. Cummings
- January 10, 1898· cited 43×Williams v. Paine
- November 29, 1897· cited 43×Holtzman v. Douglas
- December 20, 1897· cited 41×In Re Tampa Suburban Railroad Company
- May 31, 1898· cited 39×Johnson v. Drew
- December 6, 1897· cited 38×Adams v. Henderson
- May 23, 1898· cited 36×Fink v. United States
- May 23, 1898· cited 35×United States v. Salambier
- May 9, 1898· cited 35×Stuart v. Easton
- May 31, 1898· cited 34×New Orleans v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.
- May 23, 1898· cited 34×Wagoner v. Evans
- February 21, 1898· cited 31×Barrett v. United States (No. 1)
- February 21, 1898· cited 30×Wetzel v. Minnesota Railway Transfer Co.
- November 1, 1897· cited 30×Miller v. Cornwall Railroad
- May 23, 1898· cited 29×Detroit Citizens' Street Railway Co. v. Detroit Railway
- January 3, 1898· cited 29×Crossley v. California
- January 3, 1898· cited 27×Wilson v. Lambert
- February 28, 1898· cited 25×Beley v. Naphtaly
- January 3, 1898· cited 25×McHenry v. Alfore
- November 1, 1897· cited 25×Charleston & South Side Bridge Co. v. Virginia
- November 29, 1897· cited 22×St. Anthony Falls Water Power Co. v. St. Paul Water Comm'rs
- January 7, 1898· cited 20×In Re Boardman, Applicant on Behalf of Durrant
- November 29, 1897· cited 20×United States v. Crosthwaite
- January 3, 1898· cited 19×Highland Avenue & Belt Railroad v. Columbian Equipment Co.
- January 3, 1898· cited 19×Northern Pacific Railroad v. Musser-Sauntry Land, Logging & Manufacturing Co.
- October 18, 1897· cited 19×Bergere v. United States
- November 1, 1897· cited 17×Reaves v. Oliver
- November 15, 1897· cited 15×Crespin v. United States
- February 21, 1898· cited 14×Logan County v. United States
- May 31, 1898· cited 13×Baldy v. Hunter
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