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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1900

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1900 (October 1, 1900 to September 30, 1901), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 171 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (165 with at least one citation, 156 with a syllabus, counted separately); up to 100 of them, ordered by citation count, are listed below.

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  1. January 7, 1901· cited 557×
    Patton v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.
  2. May 27, 1901· cited 463×
    Downes v. Bidwell
  3. April 29, 1901· cited 303×
    French v. Barber Asphalt Paving Co.
  4. January 7, 1901· cited 298×
    Elgin National Watch Co. v. Illinois Watch Case Co.
  5. October 15, 1900· cited 276×
    Saxlehner v. Eisner & Mendelson Co.
  6. May 27, 1901· cited 259×
    Pirie v. Chicago Title & Trust Co.
  7. December 3, 1900· cited 248×
    Scranton v. Wheeler
  8. November 5, 1900· cited 230×
    American Sugar Refining Co. v. Louisiana
  9. December 10, 1900· cited 224×
    Williams v. Fears
  10. April 15, 1901· cited 201×
    Fairbank v. United States
  11. April 15, 1901· cited 199×
    Atherton v. Atherton
  12. April 15, 1901· cited 192×
    Bryan v. Bernheimer
  13. May 27, 1901· cited 186×
    Dooley v. United States
  14. April 15, 1901· cited 183×
    Lynde v. Lynde
  15. May 20, 1901· cited 181×
    Audubon v. Shufeldt
  16. December 17, 1900· cited 180×
    Davis v. Burke
  17. November 12, 1900· cited 177×
    Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Dixon
  18. May 27, 1901· cited 175×
    Simon v. Craft
  19. March 11, 1901· cited 175×
    Hobbs v. Beach
  20. December 17, 1900· cited 164×
    Tyler v. Judges of the Court of Registration
  21. January 14, 1901· cited 158×
    Neely v. Henkel
  22. May 20, 1901· cited 156×
    Mallett v. North Carolina
  23. December 3, 1900· cited 156×
    Austin v. Tennessee
  24. December 10, 1900· cited 149×
    Loeb v. Columbia Township Trustees
  25. January 7, 1901· cited 136×
    Liverpool & London & Globe Insurance v. Kearney
  26. November 19, 1900· cited 135×
    Gableman v. Peoria, Decatur & Evansville Railway Co.
  27. April 15, 1901· cited 124×
    Scott v. Deweese
  28. April 22, 1901· cited 121×
    International Navigation Co. v. Farr & Bailey Manufacturing Co.
  29. October 22, 1900· cited 119×
    Hubbell v. United States
  30. November 12, 1900· cited 117×
    Sigafus v. Porter
  31. May 27, 1901· cited 116×
    Homer Ramsdell Transportation Co. v. La Compagnie Générale Transatlantique
  32. May 13, 1901· cited 114×
    The Barnstable
  33. March 5, 1901· cited 112×
    W. W. Cargill Co. v. Minnesota
  34. November 5, 1900· cited 110×
    Lynde v. Lynde; Lynde v. Lynde
  35. October 22, 1900· cited 97×
    Knott v. Botany Mills
  36. April 29, 1901· cited 96×
    Wight v. Davidson
  37. January 21, 1901· cited 89×
    Dooley v. Pease
  38. December 24, 1900· cited 89×
    United States v. Choctaw Nation
  39. February 11, 1901· cited 88×
    Montoya v. United States
  40. January 7, 1901· cited 84×
    Queen of the Pacific
  41. April 15, 1901· cited 81×
    St. Paul Gas Light Co. v. St. Paul
  42. December 3, 1900· cited 79×
    Stearns v. Minnesota
  43. May 27, 1901· cited 78×
    Glavey v. United States
  44. April 29, 1901· cited 78×
    Treat v. White
  45. April 8, 1901· cited 74×
    Pythias Knights' Supreme Lodge v. Beck
  46. January 7, 1901· cited 73×
    Illinois Central Railroad Company, Appt. v. Wirt Adams
  47. April 22, 1901· cited 70×
    Bedford v. Eastern Building and Loan Assn.
  48. April 29, 1901· cited 68×
    Webster v. Fargo
  49. March 18, 1901· cited 68×
    Minnesota v. Brundage
  50. January 7, 1901· cited 67×
    Kenaday v. Sinnott
  51. May 27, 1901· cited 66×
    Lantry v. Wallace
  52. April 15, 1901· cited 66×
    Streitwolf v. Streitwolf
  53. October 15, 1900· cited 65×
    Looker v. Maynard
  54. December 10, 1900· cited 64×
    Mutual Life Ins. Co. of NY v. Cohen
  55. March 5, 1901· cited 55×
    Johns v. Wilson
  56. April 29, 1901· cited 53×
    Cass Farm Co. v. Detroit
  57. November 26, 1900· cited 53×
    Crossman v. Burrill
  58. May 27, 1901· cited 51×
    District of Columbia v. Moulton
  59. January 7, 1901· cited 51×
    District of Columbia v. Robinson
  60. April 29, 1901· cited 50×
    American Sugar Refining Co. v. New Orleans
  61. May 27, 1901· cited 44×
    Carson v. Brockton Sewerage Commission
  62. December 10, 1900· cited 43×
    Mason v. Missouri
  63. April 8, 1901· cited 41×
    Hancock Mutual Life Insurance v. Warren
  64. October 15, 1900· cited 41×
    Saxlehner v. Siegel-Cooper Co.
  65. March 18, 1901· cited 40×
    Mitchell v. First Nat. Bank of Chicago
  66. January 7, 1901· cited 40×
    Hewitt v. Schultz
  67. December 3, 1900· cited 40×
    Baggs v. Martin
  68. March 25, 1901· cited 39×
    Mountain View Mining & Milling Co. v. McFadden
  69. March 25, 1901· cited 39×
    Wilkes County v. Coler
  70. March 18, 1901· cited 37×
    Li Sing v. United States
  71. December 10, 1900· cited 36×
    New York State v. Barker
  72. December 3, 1900· cited 36×
    In Re De Bara
  73. February 25, 1901· cited 33×
    Holly v. Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church
  74. May 27, 1901· cited 32×
    Goetze v. United States
  75. January 14, 1901· cited 32×
    Bradshaw v. Ashley
  76. April 29, 1901· cited 31×
    Detroit v. Parker
  77. May 13, 1901· cited 30×
    United States v. Edmonston
  78. April 8, 1901· cited 30×
    Interstate Commerce Commission v. Clyde Steamship Co.
  79. May 20, 1901· cited 28×
    Luhrs v. Hancock
  80. December 17, 1900· cited 28×
    Reymann Brewing Co. v. Brister
  81. April 29, 1901· cited 27×
    Wall v. Cox
  82. January 7, 1901· cited 26×
    Southern Railway Co. v. Postal Telegraph-Cable Co.
  83. October 15, 1900· cited 26×
    Washburn & Moen Manufacturing Co. v. Reliance Marine Insurance
  84. May 13, 1901· cited 25×
    Lockhart v. Johnson
  85. April 29, 1901· cited 25×
    Shumate v. Heman
  86. February 25, 1901· cited 25×
    Gardner v. Bonestell
  87. December 17, 1900· cited 25×
    Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Kentucky
  88. December 10, 1900· cited 24×
    Rothschild v. United States
  89. December 10, 1900· cited 24×
    Wabash Railroad v. Tourville
  90. November 19, 1900· cited 24×
    In Re Vidal
  91. May 27, 1901· cited 23×
    Commercial Bank v. Chambers
  92. January 7, 1901· cited 22×
    Gusman v. Marrero
  93. May 20, 1901· cited 18×
    American Sugar Refining Co. v. United States
  94. December 24, 1900· cited 18×
    Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. Ferris
  95. December 24, 1900· cited 18×
    Joyce v. Auten
  96. December 3, 1900· cited 17×
    Baldwin v. Maryland
  97. May 13, 1901· cited 16×
    United States v. Edmondston
  98. April 8, 1901· cited 16×
    Browne v. Chavez
  99. May 20, 1901· cited 15×
    Joseph Schlitz Brewing Co. v. United States
  100. May 13, 1901· cited 15×
    German National Bank v. Speckert

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