Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1908
Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1908 (October 1, 1908 to September 30, 1909), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 220 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (202 with at least one citation, 185 with a syllabus, counted separately); up to 100 of them, ordered by citation count, are listed below.
- November 16, 1908· cited 1,832×Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Mottley
- November 9, 1908· cited 773×Twining v. New Jersey
- February 1, 1909· cited 651×Standard Oil Co. v. Anderson
- November 30, 1908· cited 623×Prentis v. Atlantic Coast Line Co.
- February 23, 1909· cited 410×Hammond Packing Co. v. Arkansas
- June 1, 1909· cited 358×Oceanic Steam Navigation Co. v. Stranahan
- January 4, 1909· cited 334×City of Knoxville v. Knoxville Water Co.
- February 1, 1909· cited 310×Crawford v. United States
- April 5, 1909· cited 276×Coder v. Arts
- June 1, 1909· cited 223×Expanded Metal Co. v. Bradford
- January 4, 1909· cited 198×Murphy v. John Hofman Co.
- January 25, 1909· cited 189×Palmer v. Texas
- April 19, 1909· cited 184×Leeds & Catlin Co. v. Victor Talking MacHine Co.
- April 12, 1909· cited 180×Boise Artesian Hot & Cold Water Co. v. Boise City
- November 2, 1908· cited 164×New York Ex Rel. Silz v. Hesterberg
- January 18, 1909· cited 138×Moyer v. Peabody
- April 19, 1909· cited 135×Leeds & Catlin Company v. Victor Talking Machine Company (No. 2)
- April 5, 1909· cited 132×Hepner v. United States
- May 17, 1909· cited 128×Peck v. Tribune Co.
- December 14, 1908· cited 124×Harriman v. Interstate Commerce Commission
- May 3, 1909· cited 122×Strong v. Repide
- February 23, 1909· cited 122×Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Calhoun
- May 24, 1909· cited 120×Kreigh v. Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Co.
- May 3, 1909· cited 107×Delaware & Hudson Co. v. Albany & Susquehanna Railroad
- May 17, 1909· cited 106×District of Columbia v. Brooke
- March 1, 1909· cited 104×Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Sowers
- November 9, 1908· cited 104×Berea College v. Kentucky
- November 30, 1908· cited 100×Garfield v. United States Ex Rel. Goldsby
- February 23, 1909· cited 97×The Eugene F. Moran
- February 1, 1909· cited 96×Waters-Pierce Oil Co. v. Deselms
- May 3, 1909· cited 94×In Re Winn
- December 14, 1908· cited 93×United States v. Keitel
- February 23, 1909· cited 91×Thomas v. Texas
- December 21, 1908· cited 91×Butler v. Frazee
- January 4, 1909· cited 90×Page v. Rogers
- May 17, 1909· cited 89×Compton v. Alabama
- April 5, 1909· cited 89×Keerl v. Montana
- January 4, 1909· cited 80×Hardaway v. National Surety Co.
- February 1, 1909· cited 76×Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Central Stock Yards Co.
- February 23, 1909· cited 70×Fritzlen v. Boatmen's Bank
- February 23, 1909· cited 68×Railroad Commission v. Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Co.
- December 7, 1908· cited 68×Miller & Lux, Inc. v. East Side Canal & Irrigation Co.
- June 1, 1909· cited 67×United States v. National Exchange Bank of Providence
- April 5, 1909· cited 66×Turner v. American Security & Trust Co.
- January 4, 1909· cited 64×Lemieux v. Young, Trustee
- February 23, 1909· cited 61×Matter of Dunn
- November 16, 1908· cited 61×Kaizo v. Henry
- January 4, 1909· cited 60×New York Ex Rel. Kopel v. Bingham
- February 23, 1909· cited 56×Juragua Iron Co. v. United States
- February 23, 1909· cited 54×Toy Toy v. Hopkins
- February 23, 1909· cited 49×American Express Co. v. Mullins
- June 1, 1909· cited 48×Weems Steamboat Co. of Baltimore v. People's Steamboat Co.
- April 19, 1909· cited 48×MacFadden v. United States
- April 26, 1909· cited 41×Boquillas Land & Cattle Co. v. Curtis
- November 30, 1908· cited 39×Wilder v. Inter-Island Steam Navigation Co.
- November 16, 1908· cited 39×Washington v. Oregon
- May 24, 1909· cited 38×Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Chiles
- February 23, 1909· cited 38×Frederic L. Grant Shoe Co. v. W. M. Laird Co.
- October 26, 1908· cited 38×Steele v. Culver
- April 5, 1909· cited 36×Maiorano v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
- January 18, 1909· cited 33×Waters-Pierce Oil Co. v. Texas (No. 2)
- May 3, 1909· cited 32×Manson v. Williams
- May 17, 1909· cited 30×United States Ex Rel. Parish v. MacVeagh
- January 4, 1909· cited 30×Green County v. Quinlan
- May 24, 1909· cited 29×Cabrera v. American Colonial Bank
- May 24, 1909· cited 28×Joseph Wild & Co. v. Provident Life & Trust Co.
- December 21, 1908· cited 28×Paddell v. City of New York
- January 4, 1909· cited 27×United States v. Biggs
- January 4, 1909· cited 27×Beers v. Glynn
- February 23, 1909· cited 26×New York Central & Hudson River Railroad v. United States
- February 1, 1909· cited 26×Spreckels v. Brown
- December 21, 1908· cited 26×McCorquodale v. Texas
- January 4, 1909· cited 25×Miller v. New Orleans Acid & Fertilizer Co.
- June 1, 1909· cited 23×English v. Territory of Arizona Ex Rel. Griffith
- February 1, 1909· cited 23×Ontario Land Co. v. Yordy
- May 17, 1909· cited 22×Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. McDonald
- April 5, 1909· cited 22×Selliger v. Kentucky Ex Rel. Alexander
- November 30, 1908· cited 21×Honolulu Rapid Transit & Land Co. v. Territory of Hawaii Ex Rel. Hemenway
- November 30, 1908· cited 21×Bowers Hydraulic Dredging Co. v. United States
- November 16, 1908· cited 21×Ex parte Patrick
- November 16, 1908· cited 21×Bilik v. Strassheim
- February 23, 1909· cited 20×Bagley v. General Fire Extinguisher Co.
- February 23, 1909· cited 20×Bradford v. Morrison
- May 24, 1909· cited 19×Matter of Tobin
- May 17, 1909· cited 19×Smithsonian Institution v. St. John
- January 4, 1909· cited 19×Southern Realty Investment Co. v. Walker
- May 24, 1909· cited 17×Santiago v. Nogueras
- May 17, 1909· cited 17×City of Des Moines v. Des Moines City Railway Co.
- May 17, 1909· cited 17×Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Eastin & Knox
- November 30, 1908· cited 17×Phœnix Construction Co. v. Steamer Poughkeepsie
- November 16, 1908· cited 17×Enriquez v. A. S. Watson & Co.
- May 17, 1909· cited 16×Laborde v. Ubarri
- January 4, 1909· cited 15×Green County v. Thomas'
- December 21, 1908· cited 15×McCandless v. Pratt
- October 21, 1908· cited 15×North Shore Boom and Driving Company v. Nicomen Boom Company
- May 17, 1909· cited 13×Whitcomb v. White
- February 23, 1909· cited 13×Laurel Oil & Gas Co. v. Morrison
- May 3, 1909· cited 11×Sand Filtration Corp. of America v. Cowardin
- February 23, 1909· cited 11×Martinez v. La Asociacion De Senoras Damas Del Santo Asilo De Ponce
- November 30, 1908· cited 11×Cotton v. Territory of Hawaii Ex Rel. Holloway
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