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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1903

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1903 (October 1, 1903 to September 30, 1904), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 153 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (151 with at least one citation, 121 with a syllabus, counted separately); up to 100 of them, ordered by citation count, are listed below.

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  1. March 21, 1904· cited 541×
    Tinker v. Colwell
  2. May 16, 1904· cited 357×
    Bessette v. W. B. Conkey Co.
  3. April 4, 1904· cited 337×
    Newburyport Water Co. v. Newburyport
  4. November 2, 1903· cited 296×
    Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf R. R. v. McDade
  5. May 31, 1904· cited 260×
    Schick v. United States
  6. May 31, 1904· cited 258×
    Dorr v. United States
  7. April 11, 1904· cited 239×
    Slater v. Mexican National Railroad
  8. May 16, 1904· cited 237×
    Davis v. Mills
  9. May 2, 1904· cited 237×
    Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. May
  10. May 31, 1904· cited 225×
    Andrew J. Aikens v. State of Wisconsin
  11. May 16, 1904· cited 199×
    Hewit v. Berlin MacHine Works
  12. May 16, 1904· cited 190×
    Sun Printing and Publishing Assn. v. Edwards
  13. February 23, 1904· cited 182×
    Julian v. Central Trust Co.
  14. April 4, 1904· cited 181×
    Mutual Life Insurnace v. Hill
  15. February 23, 1904· cited 168×
    American Steel & Wire Co. v. Speed
  16. November 30, 1903· cited 167×
    Wisconsin & Michigan Railway Co. v. Powers
  17. February 23, 1904· cited 163×
    Cornell v. Coyne
  18. April 11, 1904· cited 150×
    Bates & Guild Co. v. Payne
  19. October 26, 1903· cited 141×
    The Robert W. Parsons
  20. January 18, 1904· cited 139×
    Bedford v. United States
  21. March 21, 1904· cited 137×
    Fargo v. Hart
  22. February 1, 1904· cited 132×
    United States v. California & Oregon Land Co.
  23. May 2, 1904· cited 130×
    The Iroquois
  24. April 11, 1904· cited 119×
    Beavers v. Henkel
  25. January 18, 1904· cited 119×
    Rogers v. Alabama
  26. May 31, 1904· cited 115×
    Binns v. United States
  27. March 21, 1904· cited 115×
    Barney v. City of New York
  28. November 30, 1903· cited 111×
    Defiance Water Co. v. Defiance
  29. May 16, 1904· cited 109×
    Ohio Ex Rel. Lloyd v. Dollison
  30. February 23, 1904· cited 102×
    Northern Pacific R. Co. v. Adams
  31. May 16, 1904· cited 101×
    R. Ribas Y Hijo v. United States
  32. November 30, 1903· cited 93×
    Cable v. United States Life Insurance
  33. November 30, 1903· cited 92×
    Hibben v. Smith
  34. April 25, 1904· cited 91×
    Jones v. Montague
  35. May 31, 1904· cited 83×
    Matter of Christensen Engineering Co.
  36. January 4, 1904· cited 82×
    New York Ex Rel. Pennsylvania R. Co. v. Knight
  37. December 14, 1903· cited 77×
    Beasley v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.
  38. November 30, 1903· cited 70×
    Anglo-American Provision Co. v. Davis Provision Co. No. 1
  39. January 4, 1904· cited 69×
    German Savings & Loan Society v. Dormitzer
  40. November 9, 1903· cited 67×
    United States v. Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
  41. May 16, 1904· cited 65×
    Morris v. Hitchcock
  42. May 31, 1904· cited 63×
    Chandler v. Dix
  43. February 23, 1904· cited 62×
    American Book Co. v. State of Kansas Ex Rel. Nichols
  44. May 2, 1904· cited 60×
    Clipper Mining Co. v. Eli Mining & Land Co.
  45. April 25, 1904· cited 58×
    Kirby v. American Soda Fountain Co.
  46. December 7, 1903· cited 58×
    Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Sims
  47. May 16, 1904· cited 56×
    Hooker v. Burr
  48. February 23, 1904· cited 55×
    Cincinnati Street Railway Co. v. Snell
  49. November 16, 1903· cited 55×
    Missouri v. Dockery
  50. November 16, 1903· cited 55×
    Smith v. Indiana
  51. April 4, 1904· cited 54×
    Platt v. Wilmot
  52. November 30, 1903· cited 52×
    Louisville Trust Co. v. Knott
  53. March 21, 1904· cited 51×
    Rippey v. Texas
  54. March 14, 1904· cited 50×
    Eaton v. Brown
  55. January 4, 1904· cited 50×
    Citizens' Bank v. Parker
  56. January 4, 1904· cited 50×
    Benziger v. United States
  57. April 4, 1904· cited 49×
    Great Southern Fire Proof Hotel Co. v. Jones
  58. January 4, 1904· cited 48×
    Cronin v. Adams
  59. May 31, 1904· cited 47×
    International Postal Supply Co. v. Bruce
  60. January 11, 1904· cited 47×
    Crossman v. Lurman
  61. November 16, 1903· cited 47×
    Continental Nat. Bank of Memphis v. Buford
  62. January 4, 1904· cited 45×
    Wabash Railroad v. Flannigan
  63. February 23, 1904· cited 44×
    Wedding v. Meyler
  64. May 16, 1904· cited 41×
    Hanks Dental Assn. v. International Tooth Crown Co.
  65. November 16, 1903· cited 41×
    St. Louis Hay & Grain Co. v. United States
  66. May 2, 1904· cited 37×
    Pettit v. Walshe
  67. January 4, 1904· cited 37×
    McIntire v. McIntire
  68. January 4, 1904· cited 37×
    Postal Telegraph-Cable Co. v. Taylor
  69. April 18, 1904· cited 35×
    Southern Railway Co. v. Carson
  70. February 23, 1904· cited 35×
    Central Stock Yards Co. v. Louisville & Nashville Railway Co.
  71. February 23, 1904· cited 34×
    Delaware Indians v. Cherokee Nation
  72. April 4, 1904· cited 31×
    National Mut. Building and Loan Assn. v. Brahan
  73. February 23, 1904· cited 30×
    St. Clair County v. Interstate Sand & Car Transfer Co.
  74. January 4, 1904· cited 30×
    James v. Appel
  75. November 30, 1903· cited 28×
    Northern Securities Co. v. United States
  76. May 2, 1904· cited 27×
    United States
  77. April 4, 1904· cited 25×
    Yaple v. Dahl-Millikan Grocery Co.
  78. November 30, 1903· cited 25×
    Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad v. Holloway
  79. March 21, 1904· cited 24×
    Adams v. Church
  80. May 2, 1904· cited 20×
    Raphael v. Trask
  81. November 30, 1903· cited 20×
    Owensboro v. Owensboro Waterworks Co.
  82. April 25, 1904· cited 19×
    Damon v. Hawaii
  83. April 4, 1904· cited 19×
    Bache v. Hunt
  84. April 11, 1904· cited 18×
    Pacific Electric Railway Co. v. Los Angeles
  85. March 7, 1904· cited 18×
    Hodges v. Colcord
  86. February 23, 1904· cited 18×
    Brunswick T. Co. v. NAT. BK. OF BALTIMORE
  87. April 4, 1904· cited 15×
    Third Nat. Bank of Buffalo v. Buffalo German Ins. Co.
  88. May 16, 1904· cited 13×
    Plymouth Cordage Co. v. Smith
  89. May 2, 1904· cited 13×
    Elder v. Horseshoe Mining & Milling Co.
  90. October 26, 1903· cited 13×
    Wright v. Morgan
  91. April 4, 1904· cited 10×
    United States v. Commonwealth Title Insurance & Trust Co.
  92. November 30, 1903· cited 10×
    Anglo-American Provision Co. v. Davis Provision Co. No. 2
  93. November 30, 1903· cited 10×
    Gertgens v. O'CONNOR
  94. May 31, 1904· cited 9×
    Knepper v. Sands
  95. May 16, 1904· cited 9×
    Filhiol v. Torney
  96. April 4, 1904· cited 9×
    People's Gas Light & Coke Co. v. Chicago
  97. April 25, 1904· cited 8×
    Selden v. Montague
  98. November 9, 1903· cited 8×
    Ex Parte Joins
  99. April 18, 1904· cited 7×
    St. Louis Merchants' Bridge Terminal Railway Co. v. Callahan
  100. May 2, 1904· cited 6×
    City & Suburban Railway v. Svedborg

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