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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1909

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1909 (October 1, 1909 to September 30, 1910), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 213 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (197 with at least one citation, 177 with a syllabus, counted separately); up to 100 of them, ordered by citation count, are listed below.

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  1. November 8, 1909· cited 366×
    Waterman v. Canal-Louisiana Bank & Trust Co.
  2. April 4, 1910· cited 360×
    International Textbook Co. v. Pigg
  3. November 1, 1909· cited 284×
    Fall v. Eastin
  4. May 31, 1910· cited 277×
    Hertz v. Woodman
  5. April 4, 1910· cited 264×
    Boston Chamber of Commerce v. City of Boston
  6. January 3, 1910· cited 248×
    Kuhn v. Fairmont Coal Co.
  7. May 31, 1910· cited 229×
    Watson v. Maryland
  8. December 13, 1909· cited 207×
    United States v. Celestine
  9. May 16, 1910· cited 206×
    Brown-Forman Co. v. Kentucky
  10. May 31, 1910· cited 204×
    Shevlin-Carpenter Co. v. Minnesota
  11. February 21, 1910· cited 183×
    Hannis Distilling Co. v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
  12. May 31, 1910· cited 168×
    City of Omaha v. Omaha Water Co.
  13. April 4, 1910· cited 165×
    Southwestern Oil Co. v. Texas
  14. February 21, 1910· cited 165×
    Babbitt v. Dutcher
  15. February 21, 1910· cited 162×
    Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. Kansas Ex Rel. Railroad Commissioners
  16. January 10, 1910· cited 158×
    Interstate Commerce Commission v. Illinois Central Railroad
  17. May 16, 1910· cited 150×
    Souffront v. La Compagnie Des Sucreries De Porto Rico
  18. November 15, 1909· cited 144×
    El Paso & Northeastern Railway Co. v. Gutierrez
  19. January 10, 1910· cited 141×
    Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. United States Ex Rel. Pitcairn Coal Co.
  20. January 10, 1910· cited 131×
    Interstate Comm. Comm. v. Ill. Cent. RR
  21. December 20, 1909· cited 126×
    Illinois Central Railroad v. Sheegog
  22. November 15, 1909· cited 116×
    McGilvra v. Ross
  23. February 28, 1910· cited 115×
    J. J. McCaskill Co v. United States
  24. February 21, 1910· cited 99×
    Citizens' Central Nat. Bank of NY v. Appleton
  25. February 21, 1910· cited 98×
    Olmsted v. Olmsted
  26. January 31, 1910· cited 96×
    Pullman Co. v. Kansas Ex Rel. Coleman
  27. January 17, 1910· cited 96×
    MacOn Grocery Co. v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
  28. January 3, 1910· cited 96×
    Mechanical Appliance Co. v. Castleman
  29. May 31, 1910· cited 88×
    Dozier v. Alabama
  30. April 4, 1910· cited 84×
    Williams v. Arkansas
  31. January 17, 1910· cited 81×
    Mankin v. United States Ex Rel. Ludowici-Celadon Co.
  32. April 4, 1910· cited 77×
    Davis v. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co.
  33. February 28, 1910· cited 75×
    Board of Assessors of the Parish v. New York Life Insurance
  34. December 6, 1909· cited 73×
    United States v. Corbett
  35. November 29, 1909· cited 72×
    The Steamship Jefferson
  36. November 29, 1909· cited 70×
    United States v. Stevenson
  37. May 31, 1910· cited 69×
    Franklin v. South Carolina
  38. February 21, 1910· cited 69×
    Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Andrews
  39. November 8, 1909· cited 66×
    United States v. Union Supply Co.
  40. April 25, 1910· cited 64×
    Stewart v. Griffith Ex Rel. Ball
  41. November 15, 1909· cited 63×
    Marbles v. Creecy
  42. March 7, 1910· cited 62×
    Knapp v. Milwaukee Trust Co.
  43. May 16, 1910· cited 61×
    Javierre v. Central Altagracia
  44. February 21, 1910· cited 61×
    Ballinger v. United States Ex Rel. Frost
  45. December 6, 1909· cited 59×
    Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co. v. Kirven
  46. November 29, 1909· cited 59×
    Louisiana Ex Rel. Hubert v. Mayor and Council of New Orleans
  47. November 29, 1909· cited 59×
    Steward v. American Lava Co.
  48. February 21, 1910· cited 57×
    Pickett v. United States
  49. January 1, 1910· cited 54×
    City of Minneapolis v. Minneapolis Street Railway Co.
  50. December 6, 1909· cited 54×
    Lathrop, Shea & Henwood Co. v. Interior Construction & Improvement Co.
  51. May 31, 1910· cited 52×
    Rankin v. Emigh
  52. February 28, 1910· cited 51×
    Starkweather v. Jenner
  53. May 31, 1910· cited 49×
    Interstate Commerce Commission v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.
  54. January 24, 1910· cited 46×
    Old Nick Williams Co. v. United States
  55. February 21, 1910· cited 45×
    Price v. Henkel
  56. January 31, 1910· cited 45×
    King v. West Virginia
  57. February 21, 1910· cited 44×
    Harris v. First National Bank of Mt. Pleasant
  58. February 21, 1910· cited 43×
    Saxlehner v. Wagner
  59. May 16, 1910· cited 42×
    Kidd, Dater & Price Co. v. Musselman Grocer Co.
  60. March 7, 1910· cited 42×
    Interstate Commece Commission v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.
  61. May 16, 1910· cited 41×
    Columbia Heights Realty Co. v. Rudolph
  62. April 11, 1910· cited 39×
    Brantley v. Georgia
  63. January 3, 1910· cited 39×
    Henley v. Myers
  64. May 16, 1910· cited 36×
    H. C. Cook Co. v. Beecher
  65. November 29, 1909· cited 36×
    Rumford Chemical Works v. Hygienic Chemical Co.
  66. November 29, 1909· cited 36×
    Interstate Commerce Commission v. Stickney
  67. May 31, 1910· cited 35×
    Chiles v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.
  68. December 6, 1909· cited 32×
    Yordi v. Nolte
  69. April 11, 1910· cited 29×
    Lutcher & Moore Lumber Co. v. Knight
  70. February 21, 1910· cited 29×
    Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Mazursky
  71. February 21, 1910· cited 29×
    Elkus
  72. January 3, 1910· cited 27×
    Union Pacific Railroad v. Harris
  73. March 7, 1910· cited 26×
    Interstate Comm. Comm. v. Nor. Pac. Ry.
  74. May 31, 1910· cited 25×
    Standard Oil Co. v. Brown
  75. January 3, 1910· cited 25×
    Elias v. Ramirez
  76. April 11, 1910· cited 24×
    St. Louis, Kansas City & Colorado Railroad v. Wabash Railroad
  77. April 4, 1910· cited 24×
    St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. Arkansas
  78. December 13, 1909· cited 23×
    Rio Grande Dam & Irrigation Co. v. United States
  79. May 31, 1910· cited 22×
    Maryland v. West Virginia
  80. April 5, 1910· cited 22×
    Eliot v. Freeman
  81. December 20, 1909· cited 21×
    Commissioners of Santa Fé County v. Territory of New Mexico Ex Rel. Coler
  82. November 29, 1909· cited 20×
    Hanover National Bank of New York v. Suddath
  83. March 21, 1910· cited 18×
    Garcia Maytin v. Vela
  84. February 21, 1910· cited 18×
    Alvarez Y Sanchez v. United States
  85. December 6, 1909· cited 18×
    Snyder v. Rosenbaum
  86. March 14, 1910· cited 17×
    Osborn v. Froyseth
  87. March 7, 1910· cited 17×
    David Kaufman & Sons Company v. Smith
  88. February 28, 1910· cited 17×
    William Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine Building Co. v. United States
  89. February 21, 1910· cited 17×
    Peckham v. Henkel
  90. February 21, 1910· cited 17×
    Woodside v. Beckham
  91. January 31, 1910· cited 17×
    Conley v. Ballinger
  92. December 20, 1909· cited 16×
    Graves v. Ashburn
  93. November 12, 1909· cited 16×
    Haffner v. Dobrinski
  94. April 4, 1910· cited 15×
    Los Angeles Farming & Milling Co. v. City of Los Angeles
  95. January 24, 1910· cited 15×
    Wagg v. Herbert
  96. November 8, 1909· cited 15×
    Fleming v. McCurtain
  97. May 16, 1910· cited 14×
    Stoffela v. Nugent
  98. May 2, 1910· cited 14×
    Fay v. Crozer
  99. April 4, 1910· cited 14×
    Unity Banking and Saving Company v. Bettman, Trustee of Holzman & Co., Bankrupts
  100. November 29, 1909· cited 14×
    United States v. Stevenson (No. 2)

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