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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1904

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1904 (October 1, 1904 to September 30, 1905), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 162 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (157 with at least one citation, 131 with a syllabus, counted separately); up to 100 of them, ordered by citation count, are listed below.

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  1. February 20, 1905· cited 1,266×
    Jacobson v. Massachusetts
  2. April 17, 1905· cited 1,236×
    Lochner v. New York
  3. May 15, 1905· cited 397×
    United States v. Winans
  4. May 8, 1905· cited 387×
    Harris v. Balk
  5. November 14, 1904· cited 361×
    Dobbins v. Los Angeles
  6. May 8, 1905· cited 328×
    United States v. Ju Toy
  7. January 16, 1905· cited 291×
    Madisonville Traction Company v. Saint Bernard Mining Company
  8. March 13, 1905· cited 280×
    Clyatt v. United States
  9. January 30, 1905· cited 273×
    Munsey v. Clough
  10. February 20, 1905· cited 259×
    Thompson v. Fairbanks
  11. May 29, 1905· cited 249×
    Farrell v. O'Brien
  12. April 3, 1905· cited 240×
    New Orleans Gas Light Co. v. Drainage Commission of New Orleans
  13. May 8, 1905· cited 224×
    Board of Trade of Chicago v. Christie Grain & Stock Co.
  14. November 28, 1904· cited 210×
    Fayerweather v. Ritch
  15. April 10, 1905· cited 201×
    Matter of Heff
  16. April 3, 1905· cited 176×
    Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Barber Asphalt Paving Co.
  17. April 3, 1905· cited 165×
    Keppel v. Tiffin Savings Bank
  18. March 6, 1905· cited 163×
    City of Dawson v. Columbia Avenue Saving Fund, Safe Deposit, Title & Trust Co.
  19. March 6, 1905· cited 163×
    McClaine v. Rankin
  20. May 29, 1905· cited 161×
    Whitney v. Wenman
  21. May 15, 1905· cited 161×
    Cimiotti Unhairing Co. v. American Fur Refining Co.
  22. January 3, 1905· cited 157×
    First National Bank of Jacksboro v. Lasater
  23. November 14, 1904· cited 140×
    Thomas v. Board of Trustees of the Ohio State University
  24. April 24, 1905· cited 132×
    Steigleder v. McQuesten
  25. November 28, 1904· cited 126×
    Birkett v. Columbia Bank
  26. May 15, 1905· cited 118×
    First Nat. Bank of Chicago v. Chicago Title & Trust Co.
  27. April 10, 1905· cited 118×
    Rassmussen v. United States
  28. April 17, 1905· cited 116×
    Humphrey v. Tatman
  29. April 3, 1905· cited 112×
    Pennsylvania Lumbermen's Mutual Fire Insurance v. Meyer
  30. May 29, 1905· cited 111×
    Ah Sin v. Wittman
  31. April 3, 1905· cited 109×
    Matter of Strauss
  32. April 3, 1905· cited 109×
    Chrisman v. Miller
  33. February 20, 1905· cited 109×
    The Germanic
  34. May 15, 1905· cited 107×
    Harding v. Harding
  35. April 10, 1905· cited 98×
    Muhlker v. New York & Harlem Railroad
  36. November 28, 1904· cited 97×
    Baltimore Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. v. Baltimore
  37. May 29, 1905· cited 94×
    Cunnius v. Reading School District
  38. February 27, 1905· cited 92×
    Kehrer v. Stewart
  39. November 28, 1904· cited 89×
    The Blackheath
  40. April 17, 1905· cited 86×
    Remington v. Central Pacific Railroad
  41. March 6, 1905· cited 86×
    Gregg v. Metropolitan Trust Co.
  42. January 16, 1905· cited 85×
    Cook v. Marshall County
  43. December 19, 1904· cited 85×
    Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Swearingen
  44. January 3, 1905· cited 83×
    American Express Co. v. Iowa
  45. January 16, 1905· cited 82×
    United States v. Harvey Steel Co.
  46. November 28, 1904· cited 81×
    City of Seattle v. Kelleher
  47. November 28, 1904· cited 81×
    National Exchange Bank of Tiffin v. Wiley
  48. May 29, 1905· cited 79×
    Board of Trade v. Hammond Elevator Co.
  49. April 10, 1905· cited 77×
    Whitaker v. McBride
  50. February 20, 1905· cited 73×
    Scottish Union & National Insurance v. Bowland
  51. January 16, 1905· cited 65×
    Hodge v. Muscatine County
  52. January 3, 1905· cited 64×
    Butte City Water Co. v. Baker
  53. February 20, 1905· cited 63×
    Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. Ely
  54. February 20, 1905· cited 58×
    Vanderbilt v. Eidman
  55. May 8, 1905· cited 56×
    Schlosser v. Hemphill
  56. May 29, 1905· cited 55×
    Union Trust Co. v. Wilson
  57. December 5, 1904· cited 55×
    Helena Water Works Co. v. Helena
  58. May 29, 1905· cited 54×
    Van Reed v. People's National Bank of Lebanon
  59. January 30, 1905· cited 52×
    Creede & Cripple Creek Mining & Milling Co. v. Uinta Tunnel Mining & Transportation Co.
  60. February 20, 1905· cited 51×
    McDaniel v. Traylor
  61. November 7, 1904· cited 46×
    Stevenson v. Fain
  62. April 17, 1905· cited 43×
    Covington v. First Nat. Bank of Covington
  63. February 27, 1905· cited 42×
    National Cotton Oil Co. v. Texas
  64. January 3, 1905· cited 41×
    Smalley v. Laugenour
  65. May 8, 1905· cited 39×
    Harley v. United States
  66. January 3, 1905· cited 39×
    Courtney v. Pradt
  67. April 10, 1905· cited 38×
    Knapp v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co.
  68. December 19, 1904· cited 38×
    Keely v. Moore
  69. November 28, 1904· cited 37×
    Bradford v. Southern Railway Co.
  70. November 28, 1904· cited 36×
    Citizens' Nat. Bank of Kansas City v. Donnell
  71. May 29, 1905· cited 31×
    Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. West Coast Naval Stores Co.
  72. February 20, 1905· cited 30×
    Oklahoma City v. McMaster
  73. May 29, 1905· cited 29×
    Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Dashiell
  74. February 27, 1905· cited 29×
    San Francisco National Bank v. Dodge
  75. November 14, 1904· cited 29×
    Wright v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad
  76. December 19, 1904· cited 28×
    Harding v. Illinois
  77. November 28, 1904· cited 28×
    New v. Oklahoma
  78. April 3, 1905· cited 26×
    McMichael v. Murphy
  79. January 3, 1905· cited 24×
    Scott v. Carew
  80. December 12, 1904· cited 24×
    Bullis v. O'Beirne
  81. February 20, 1905· cited 23×
    Allen v. Alleghany Co.
  82. February 27, 1905· cited 22×
    District of Columbia v. Barnes
  83. November 7, 1904· cited 22×
    Schweer v. Brown
  84. May 15, 1905· cited 21×
    Savannah, Thunderbolt & Isle of Hope Railway v. Savannah
  85. November 14, 1904· cited 21×
    Meffert v. Packer
  86. May 29, 1905· cited 19×
    Lavagnino v. Uhlig
  87. March 6, 1905· cited 19×
    Missouri v. Nebraska
  88. March 13, 1905· cited 18×
    Dallemagne v. Moisan
  89. April 3, 1905· cited 17×
    United States v. Cadarr
  90. January 9, 1905· cited 17×
    Fullerton v. Texas
  91. January 3, 1905· cited 16×
    Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway Co. v. McGuire
  92. December 12, 1904· cited 16×
    Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Pennsylvania Railroad
  93. May 29, 1905· cited 15×
    Kendall v. American Automatic Loom Co.
  94. January 3, 1905· cited 15×
    Wolff v. District of Columbia
  95. December 19, 1904· cited 14×
    Hunt v. Springfield Fire & Marine Insurance
  96. January 3, 1905· cited 13×
    Lucius v. Cawthon-Coleman Co.
  97. January 3, 1905· cited 11×
    Adams Express Co. v. Iowa
  98. May 29, 1905· cited 10×
    Leonard v. Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Railroad
  99. February 20, 1905· cited 10×
    Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. Hasse
  100. April 3, 1905· cited 9×
    McMillen v. Ferrum Mining Co.

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