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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1898

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1898 (October 1, 1898 to September 30, 1899), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 157 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (156 with at least one citation, 138 with a syllabus, counted separately); up to 100 of them, ordered by citation count, are listed below.

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  1. December 12, 1898· cited 447×
    Norwood v. Baker
  2. January 10, 1899· cited 402×
    Great Southern Fire Proof Hotel Company v. Jones
  3. November 14, 1898· cited 378×
    Walla Walla City v. Walla Walla Water Co.
  4. April 11, 1899· cited 343×
    Kirby v. United States
  5. May 22, 1899· cited 326×
    McMullen v. Hoffman
  6. January 16, 1899· cited 284×
    Orient Insurance v. Daggs
  7. May 22, 1899· cited 283×
    United States v. Rio Grande Dam & Irrigation Co.
  8. January 3, 1899· cited 275×
    Fitts v. McGhee
  9. April 17, 1899· cited 271×
    Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad v. Matthews
  10. January 30, 1899· cited 263×
    Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance v. Spratley
  11. December 12, 1898· cited 262×
    Blake v. McClung
  12. October 24, 1898· cited 248×
    United States v. Joint Traffic Assn.
  13. February 20, 1899· cited 213×
    Merrill v. National Bank of Jacksonville
  14. January 16, 1899· cited 199×
    Washington Gas Light Co. v. Lansden
  15. October 17, 1898· cited 195×
    The Silvia
  16. October 24, 1898· cited 173×
    Hopkins v. United States
  17. April 3, 1899· cited 172×
    Nicol v. Ames
  18. April 3, 1899· cited 160×
    Owensboro National Bank v. Owensboro
  19. April 3, 1899· cited 156×
    The Chattahoochee
  20. May 22, 1899· cited 150×
    Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. Sturm
  21. January 9, 1899· cited 149×
    Keck v. United States
  22. February 20, 1899· cited 140×
    Pierce v. Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad
  23. May 22, 1899· cited 138×
    Louisville Trust Co. v. Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway Co.
  24. April 17, 1899· cited 133×
    Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co. v. Smith
  25. February 27, 1899· cited 126×
    Dewey v. Des Moines
  26. April 3, 1899· cited 113×
    HENDERSON BRIDGE COMPANY v. Henderson City
  27. March 13, 1899· cited 113×
    Smith v. Burnett
  28. January 3, 1899· cited 113×
    Sonnentheil v. Christian Moerlein Brewing Co.
  29. May 22, 1899· cited 112×
    West Co. v. Lea
  30. May 15, 1899· cited 111×
    Northern Pacific Railroad v. Freeman
  31. May 1, 1899· cited 108×
    Humphries v. District of Columbia
  32. December 5, 1898· cited 107×
    New Mexico v. United States Trust Co.
  33. May 15, 1899· cited 105×
    Concord First National Bank v. Hawkins
  34. February 20, 1899· cited 105×
    Gunnison County Commissioners v. Rollins
  35. May 15, 1899· cited 100×
    McDonald v. Williams
  36. January 8, 1899· cited 92×
    Winston v. United States
  37. March 6, 1899· cited 90×
    Price v. Forrest
  38. April 24, 1899· cited 85×
    Holmes v. Hurst
  39. April 24, 1899· cited 85×
    American Refrigerator Transit Co. v. Hall
  40. April 3, 1899· cited 85×
    Brown v. Hitchcock
  41. November 28, 1898· cited 84×
    Pittsburgh &C. Railway v. Board of Public Works
  42. May 22, 1899· cited 82×
    Spurr v. United States
  43. May 15, 1899· cited 82×
    Price v. United States & Osage Indians
  44. March 6, 1899· cited 74×
    St. Louis, Iron Mountain & St. Paul Railway Co. v. Paul
  45. January 3, 1899· cited 73×
    Bellingham Bay & British Columbia RailRoad v. New Whatcom
  46. January 3, 1899· cited 69×
    Utter v. Franklin
  47. April 3, 1899· cited 68×
    Pope v. Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway Co.
  48. January 3, 1899· cited 64×
    Missouri, Kansas & Texas Trust Co. v. Krumseig
  49. February 20, 1899· cited 62×
    Towson v. Moore
  50. February 20, 1899· cited 60×
    Wilson v. Eureka City
  51. October 31, 1898· cited 60×
    New York State v. Roberts
  52. February 20, 1899· cited 59×
    Covington v. Kentucky
  53. October 31, 1898· cited 59×
    Pierce v. Somerset Railway
  54. April 3, 1899· cited 58×
    Blythe v. Hinckley
  55. April 3, 1899· cited 57×
    Medbury v. United States
  56. May 22, 1899· cited 52×
    Rio Grande Irrigation & Colonization Co. v. Gildersleeve
  57. December 12, 1898· cited 51×
    The Elfrida
  58. October 31, 1898· cited 50×
    St. Louis Mining & Milling Co. v. Montana Mining Co.
  59. May 22, 1899· cited 49×
    Richmond v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.
  60. March 20, 1899· cited 49×
    Ex Parte Henry Ward
  61. February 20, 1899· cited 49×
    Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. Joy
  62. May 22, 1899· cited 46×
    United States v. Dudley
  63. May 1, 1899· cited 46×
    Bosworth v. St. Louis Terminal Railroad Assn.
  64. April 3, 1899· cited 43×
    Citizens' Savings Bank of Owensboro v. Owensboro
  65. May 15, 1899· cited 36×
    Wade v. Travis County
  66. January 9, 1899· cited 36×
    Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Long Island Loan & Trust Co.
  67. October 17, 1898· cited 36×
    Briggs v. Walker
  68. December 5, 1898· cited 33×
    United States v. Ranlett & Stone
  69. February 20, 1899· cited 32×
    Henrietta Mining & Milling Co. v. Gardner
  70. May 15, 1899· cited 31×
    National Bank of Louisville v. Stone, Auditor
  71. May 1, 1899· cited 31×
    McCain v. Des Moines
  72. April 11, 1899· cited 31×
    Security Trust Co. v. Dodd, Mead & Co.
  73. December 12, 1898· cited 31×
    United States v. Loughrey
  74. May 22, 1899· cited 30×
    Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. McCann
  75. April 3, 1899· cited 30×
    Duluth & Iron Range Railroad v. Roy
  76. January 9, 1899· cited 29×
    Columbia Water Power Co. v. Columbia Electric Street Railway Light & Power Co.
  77. May 22, 1899· cited 28×
    Davis v. Coblens
  78. May 22, 1899· cited 28×
    Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. De Lacey
  79. January 9, 1899· cited 28×
    Chappell Chemical & Fertilizer Co. v. Sulphur Mines Co.
  80. October 24, 1898· cited 28×
    Northwestern Bank v. Freeman
  81. February 20, 1899· cited 27×
    Lomax v. Pickering
  82. February 20, 1899· cited 26×
    Lake County Commissioners v. Dudley
  83. February 20, 1899· cited 23×
    Dunlap v. United States
  84. October 17, 1898· cited 23×
    California National Bank v. Stateler
  85. January 23, 1899· cited 22×
    First Nat. Bank of Grand Forks v. Anderson
  86. January 3, 1899· cited 22×
    United States v. Buffalo Natural Gas Fuel Co.
  87. January 23, 1899· cited 21×
    Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. Myers
  88. January 3, 1899· cited 16×
    Capital National Bank v. First National Bank
  89. January 3, 1899· cited 16×
    Clark v. Kansas City
  90. May 1, 1899· cited 15×
    Moran v. Dillingham
  91. February 20, 1899· cited 14×
    Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Clayton
  92. December 19, 1898· cited 14×
    Grant v. Buckner
  93. May 15, 1899· cited 13×
    Raton Waterworks Co. v. Town of Ration
  94. February 27, 1899· cited 13×
    Henrietta Mining & Milling Co. v. Johnson
  95. April 3, 1899· cited 12×
    Guarantee Co. v. Mechanics' Savings Bank & Trust Co.
  96. February 27, 1899· cited 12×
    New Orleans v. Quinlan
  97. February 20, 1899· cited 12×
    Bausman v. Dixon
  98. April 17, 1899· cited 11×
    Glaw v. Pennsylvania Co.
  99. March 13, 1899· cited 11×
    Yerke v. United States
  100. May 15, 1899· cited 10×
    The Olinde Rodrigues

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