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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1899

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1899 (October 1, 1899 to September 30, 1900), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 183 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (180 with at least one citation, 167 with a syllabus, counted separately); up to 100 of them, ordered by citation count, are listed below.

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  1. May 14, 1900· cited 739×
    Knowlton v. Moore
  2. May 21, 1900· cited 382×
    Bardes v. Hawarden Bank
  3. November 6, 1899· cited 377×
    The Paquete Habana
  4. May 21, 1900· cited 357×
    Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. Martin
  5. May 28, 1900· cited 321×
    Motes v. United States
  6. March 12, 1900· cited 321×
    Maxwell v. Dow
  7. October 30, 1899· cited 316×
    Jones v. Meehan
  8. April 9, 1900· cited 310×
    Gundling v. Chicago
  9. May 14, 1900· cited 303×
    Smith v. Reeves
  10. April 23, 1900· cited 295×
    Boske v. Comingore
  11. March 26, 1900· cited 286×
    Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. v. Lake Street Elevated Railroad
  12. April 9, 1900· cited 261×
    Carter v. Texas
  13. April 9, 1900· cited 261×
    Keim v. United States
  14. April 9, 1900· cited 254×
    Ohio Oil Company v. Indiana
  15. February 26, 1900· cited 242×
    Roller v. Holly
  16. May 14, 1900· cited 232×
    Taylor and Marshall v. Beckham
  17. November 20, 1899· cited 219×
    Brown v. New Jersey
  18. May 14, 1900· cited 196×
    Plummer v. Coler
  19. December 18, 1899· cited 184×
    Hamilton v. Rathbone
  20. April 30, 1900· cited 175×
    Shoshone Mining Co. v. Rutter
  21. November 6, 1899· cited 166×
    Hartford Fire Insurance v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.
  22. December 4, 1899· cited 165×
    New Orleans v. Stempel
  23. May 21, 1900· cited 163×
    White v. Schloerb
  24. April 30, 1900· cited 154×
    Bad Elk v. United States
  25. April 9, 1900· cited 147×
    Bristol v. Washington County
  26. March 1, 1900· cited 135×
    Murphy v. Massachusetts
  27. November 20, 1899· cited 133×
    Brady v. Daly
  28. February 26, 1900· cited 132×
    Whitman v. Oxford National Bank
  29. April 9, 1900· cited 124×
    Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Schmidt
  30. January 22, 1900· cited 123×
    Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. Tompkins
  31. March 12, 1900· cited 121×
    Aldrich v. Chemical National Bank
  32. May 21, 1900· cited 119×
    Clarke v. Clarke
  33. March 13, 1900· cited 119×
    Overby v. Gordon
  34. February 26, 1900· cited 116×
    Matteson v. Dent
  35. January 8, 1900· cited 115×
    Whitcomb v. Smithson
  36. November 20, 1899· cited 114×
    Simms v. Simms
  37. May 28, 1900· cited 112×
    New York Life Insurance v. Cravens
  38. February 26, 1900· cited 112×
    Warburton v. White
  39. May 21, 1900· cited 111×
    Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. Clark
  40. April 9, 1900· cited 107×
    The Albert Dumois
  41. April 9, 1900· cited 105×
    Credits Commutation Co. v. United States
  42. May 14, 1900· cited 104×
    Knapp, Stout & Co. v. McCaffrey
  43. May 14, 1900· cited 104×
    Leovy v. United States
  44. January 29, 1900· cited 103×
    Southern Railway Co. v. Carnegie Steel Co.
  45. January 15, 1900· cited 103×
    Holt v. Indiana Manufacturing Co.
  46. May 28, 1900· cited 99×
    May v. New Orleans
  47. December 4, 1899· cited 93×
    New England Railroad v. Conroy
  48. January 8, 1900· cited 90×
    Blackburn v. Portland Gold Mining Co.
  49. April 9, 1900· cited 88×
    Petit v. Minnesota
  50. December 11, 1899· cited 86×
    Tullis v. Lake Erie & Western Railroad
  51. May 21, 1900· cited 83×
    Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Ann Arbor Railroad
  52. November 13, 1899· cited 82×
    New Orleans v. Warner
  53. May 14, 1900· cited 75×
    Erb v. Morasch
  54. May 28, 1900· cited 74×
    Mutual Life Insurance v. Phinney
  55. May 21, 1900· cited 74×
    Hawley v. Diller
  56. February 26, 1900· cited 72×
    United States v. Mrs. Gue Lim
  57. April 9, 1900· cited 68×
    Black v. Jackson
  58. November 20, 1899· cited 66×
    Markuson v. Boucher
  59. April 16, 1900· cited 65×
    Ex Parte Baez
  60. January 8, 1900· cited 64×
    Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Behlmer
  61. October 30, 1899· cited 63×
    De La Vergne Refrigerating MacHine Co. v. German Savings Institution
  62. February 26, 1900· cited 62×
    Thormann v. Frame
  63. April 9, 1900· cited 61×
    Camden & Suburban Railway Co. v. Stetson
  64. May 14, 1900· cited 59×
    L'Hote v. New Orleans
  65. December 4, 1899· cited 59×
    Bolles v. Outing Co.
  66. April 30, 1900· cited 57×
    Carter v. Roberts
  67. January 22, 1900· cited 57×
    Chew Hing Lung v. Wise
  68. April 9, 1900· cited 55×
    Forsyth v. Vehmeyer
  69. May 14, 1900· cited 52×
    Earle v. Pennsylvania
  70. May 28, 1900· cited 51×
    Ex Parte the Union Steamboat Company
  71. January 15, 1900· cited 47×
    Cruickshank v. Bidwell
  72. May 14, 1900· cited 46×
    In Re Connaway as Receiver of the Moscow National Bank
  73. March 5, 1900· cited 46×
    Weyerhaueser v. Minnesota
  74. May 28, 1900· cited 45×
    Dewey v. United States
  75. February 26, 1900· cited 45×
    Florida Central & Peninsular Railroad v. Bell
  76. March 21, 1900· cited 44×
    Union Refrigerator Transit Co. v. Lynch
  77. December 4, 1899· cited 43×
    Arkansas Building and Loan Assn. v. Madden
  78. May 28, 1900· cited 41×
    Deserant v. Cerillos Coal Railroad
  79. February 5, 1900· cited 40×
    Baltimore & Potomac Railroad v. Cumberland
  80. March 26, 1900· cited 37×
    In Re Grossmayer
  81. May 21, 1900· cited 36×
    Tarpey v. Madsen
  82. May 21, 1900· cited 35×
    Moran v. Horsky
  83. April 23, 1900· cited 35×
    Adams v. Cowen
  84. January 29, 1900· cited 33×
    United States v. Tennessee & Coosa Railroad
  85. April 9, 1900· cited 31×
    Consolidated Canal Co. v. Mesa Canal Co.
  86. February 26, 1900· cited 31×
    LACKAWANNA & C. CO. v. FARMERS'LOAN & C. CO.
  87. April 9, 1900· cited 30×
    United States v. Northern Pacific Railroad
  88. May 28, 1900· cited 29×
    Hicks v. Knost
  89. March 26, 1900· cited 29×
    Houston & Texas Central Railroad v. Texas
  90. February 26, 1900· cited 29×
    Benedict v. United States
  91. January 29, 1900· cited 26×
    United States v. Bellingham Bay Boom Co.
  92. January 8, 1900· cited 25×
    Keokuk & Hamilton Bridge Co. v. Illinois
  93. December 13, 1899· cited 24×
    Guaranty Savings Bank v. Bladow
  94. December 11, 1899· cited 23×
    Abbott v. Tacoma Bank of Commerce
  95. May 28, 1900· cited 21×
    Mitchell v. McClure
  96. January 22, 1900· cited 21×
    Lindsay & Phelps Co. v. Mullen
  97. January 8, 1900· cited 21×
    United States v. Oregon & California Railroad
  98. October 30, 1899· cited 21×
    Ainsa v. New Mexico & Arizona Railroad
  99. May 21, 1900· cited 20×
    Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Howard
  100. May 14, 1900· cited 18×
    Howard v. De Cordova

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