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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1905

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1905 (October 1, 1905 to September 30, 1906), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 139 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (136 with at least one citation, 98 with a syllabus, counted separately); up to 100 of them, ordered by citation count, are listed below.

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  1. February 19, 1906· cited 1,300×
    United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co.
  2. December 4, 1905· cited 336×
    Manigault v. Springs
  3. April 2, 1906· cited 320×
    York Manufacturing Co. v. Cassell
  4. May 14, 1906· cited 240×
    Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Mugg
  5. December 11, 1905· cited 182×
    New York Ex Rel. Lieberman v. Van De Carr
  6. February 19, 1906· cited 167×
    Martin v. Texas
  7. February 19, 1906· cited 160×
    Looney v. Metropolitan Railroad
  8. October 30, 1905· cited 155×
    Guthrie v. Harkness
  9. November 27, 1905· cited 149×
    Donovan v. Pennsylvania Co.
  10. March 12, 1906· cited 146×
    Kentucky v. Powers
  11. February 19, 1906· cited 140×
    Whitney v. Dresser
  12. January 2, 1906· cited 124×
    Knoxville Water Co. v. Knoxville
  13. April 2, 1906· cited 123×
    Michigan Central Railroad v. Powers
  14. March 19, 1906· cited 119×
    Ex Parte National Enameling and Stamping Company
  15. April 16, 1906· cited 118×
    Rawlins v. Georgia
  16. May 28, 1906· cited 114×
    McNeill v. Southern Railway Co.
  17. May 25, 1906· cited 114×
    McDermott v. Severe
  18. December 11, 1905· cited 112×
    Riggins v. United States
  19. February 19, 1906· cited 108×
    Missouri v. Illinois
  20. November 27, 1905· cited 107×
    Rogers v. Peck
  21. November 27, 1905· cited 95×
    Jack v. Kansas
  22. April 2, 1906· cited 92×
    The Wildcroft
  23. April 2, 1906· cited 92×
    Joy v. City of St. Louis
  24. November 27, 1905· cited 89×
    Carroll v. Greenwich Ins. Co. of NY
  25. November 27, 1905· cited 89×
    Gardner v. Michigan
  26. April 30, 1906· cited 87×
    Whitney v. Dick
  27. April 2, 1906· cited 84×
    United States v. Wickersham
  28. April 2, 1906· cited 83×
    Christopher v. Norvell
  29. May 14, 1906· cited 81×
    Pearson v. Williams
  30. May 14, 1906· cited 79×
    Security Mutual Life Insurance v. Prewitt
  31. November 27, 1905· cited 79×
    McCune v. Essig
  32. April 30, 1906· cited 78×
    First Nat. Bank of Baltimore v. Staake
  33. April 23, 1906· cited 76×
    Oregon v. Hitchcock
  34. April 2, 1906· cited 70×
    Houston & Texas Central Railroad v. Mayes
  35. May 21, 1906· cited 69×
    Millard v. Roberts
  36. January 2, 1906· cited 67×
    Ballmann v. Fagin
  37. May 21, 1906· cited 66×
    Ayer & Lord Co. v. Commonwealth of Kentucky
  38. January 2, 1906· cited 64×
    Montana Catholic Missions v. Missoula County
  39. May 28, 1906· cited 63×
    Naganab v. Hitchcock
  40. January 2, 1906· cited 62×
    Cincinnati, Portsmouth, Big Sandy and Pomeroy Packet Co. v. Bay
  41. May 14, 1906· cited 61×
    United States v. Cornell Steamboat Co.
  42. April 30, 1906· cited 59×
    United States v. Milliken Imprinting Co.
  43. January 2, 1906· cited 55×
    Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Co. v. Bohon
  44. January 2, 1906· cited 51×
    Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Deer
  45. April 16, 1906· cited 49×
    St. John v. New York
  46. April 9, 1906· cited 44×
    West Chicago Street Railroad v. People Ex Rel. City of Chicago
  47. February 19, 1906· cited 44×
    United States v. New York & Cuba Mail Steamship Co.
  48. December 18, 1905· cited 44×
    Minnesota Iron Co. v. Kline
  49. March 5, 1906· cited 43×
    CB & Q. RAILWAY v. Drainage Comm'rs.
  50. May 28, 1906· cited 42×
    Bush v. Elliott
  51. March 12, 1906· cited 40×
    McAlister v. Henkel
  52. January 8, 1906· cited 40×
    Graham v. Folsom
  53. November 13, 1905· cited 40×
    Tampa Water Works Co. v. Tampa
  54. March 12, 1906· cited 39×
    Felts v. Murphy
  55. November 13, 1905· cited 39×
    Rankin v. Barton
  56. May 14, 1906· cited 37×
    Halsell v. Renfrow
  57. May 14, 1906· cited 34×
    United States v. Dieckerhoff
  58. October 30, 1905· cited 34×
    McGuire v. Blount
  59. October 30, 1905· cited 34×
    The Eliza Lines
  60. December 18, 1905· cited 30×
    Eclipse Bicycle Co. v. Farrow
  61. December 4, 1905· cited 27×
    Clark v. Roller
  62. December 18, 1905· cited 24×
    Alexander v. Crollott
  63. May 21, 1906· cited 23×
    Ortega v. Lara
  64. January 2, 1906· cited 23×
    Kolze v. Hoadley
  65. January 2, 1906· cited 23×
    Owensboro Waterworks Co. v. Owensboro
  66. December 18, 1905· cited 23×
    Sjoli v. Dreschel
  67. May 21, 1906· cited 20×
    Cox v. Texas
  68. May 21, 1906· cited 20×
    Santa Fe Pacific Railroad v. Holmes
  69. November 27, 1905· cited 20×
    Hafemann v. Gross
  70. November 27, 1905· cited 20×
    Hartman v. Butterfield Lumber Co.
  71. November 27, 1905· cited 20×
    Sweeney v. Carter Oil Co.
  72. October 16, 1905· cited 19×
    Watkins v. American National Bank
  73. April 2, 1906· cited 17×
    Soper v. Lawrence Brothers Co.
  74. January 2, 1906· cited 16×
    Herrick v. Boquillas Land & Cattle Co.
  75. December 11, 1905· cited 15×
    Mobile Transportation Co. v. City of Mobile
  76. October 25, 1905· cited 14×
    Jaster v. Currie
  77. May 28, 1906· cited 13×
    Franklin Sugar Refining Co. v. United States
  78. March 12, 1906· cited 13×
    Valentina v. Mercer
  79. December 18, 1905· cited 11×
    Mutual Reserve Life Insurance v. Birch
  80. December 11, 1905· cited 11×
    Wabash Railroad v. Mathew
  81. November 27, 1905· cited 11×
    Royal Insurance v. Miller
  82. November 27, 1905· cited 10×
    Estes v. Timmons
  83. May 28, 1906· cited 5×
    O'CONOR v. Texas
  84. April 2, 1906· cited 5×
    Poppleton v. Wallace
  85. April 2, 1906· cited 5×
    Rodriguez v. Vivoni
  86. December 11, 1905· cited 5×
    William F. Tryber v. McGregor Creamery Association
  87. November 13, 1905· cited 5×
    Chesapeake Beach Railway Co. v. Washington, Potomac & Chesapeake Railroad
  88. October 1, 1905· cited 5×
    Gila Bend Reservoir and Irrigation Company v. Gila Water Company
  89. May 28, 1906· cited 4×
    Dones v. Urrutia
  90. October 23, 1905· cited 4×
    Green v. MacDougall
  91. April 16, 1906· cited 3×
    Hastings v. Southern Railway Co.
  92. April 16, 1906· cited 3×
    Consolidation Coal Co. v. American Mail Steamship Co.
  93. April 2, 1906· cited 3×
    Amadeo v. Northern Assurance Co.
  94. May 21, 1906· cited 2×
    Gutierrez v. Territory of New Mexico ex rel. Curran
  95. April 30, 1906· cited 2×
    McHarg v. Staake
  96. April 9, 1906· cited 2×
    Dodd v. Samel
  97. March 12, 1906· cited 2×
    Liverpool, Brazil & River Plate Steam Navigation Co. v. Steamship Eagle Point
  98. March 12, 1906· cited 2×
    Territory of New Mexico v. Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railway Company
  99. February 19, 1906· cited 2×
    Rector v. Commercial National Bank
  100. November 13, 1905· cited 2×
    Shaw v. National German-American Bank

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