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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1911

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1911 (October 1, 1911 to September 30, 1912), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 225 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (225 with at least one citation, 199 with a syllabus, counted separately); up to 100 of them, ordered by citation count, are listed below.

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  1. March 11, 1912· cited 1,046×
    Adams Express Company v. Croninger
  2. June 7, 1912· cited 891×
    Messenger v. Anderson
  3. June 10, 1912· cited 844×
    Hyde v. United States
  4. January 15, 1912· cited 797×
    Second Employers'liability Cases
  5. May 13, 1912· cited 498×
    Graham v. West Virginia
  6. March 4, 1912· cited 450×
    Philadelphia Co. v. Stimson
  7. June 7, 1912· cited 424×
    Shulthis v. McDougal
  8. May 13, 1912· cited 386×
    Choate v. Trapp
  9. April 1, 1912· cited 338×
    Heckman v. United States
  10. October 30, 1911· cited 276×
    Southern Railway Co. v. United States
  11. May 27, 1912· cited 248×
    Chicago & Alton Railroad v. Kirby
  12. April 22, 1912· cited 242×
    United States v. Terminal Railroad Assn. of St. Louis
  13. January 9, 1912· cited 236×
    Acme Harvester Co. v. Beekman Lumber Co.
  14. May 27, 1912· cited 231×
    Johannessen v. United States
  15. November 6, 1911· cited 230×
    Troy Bank v. G. A. Whitehead & Co.
  16. January 22, 1912· cited 228×
    Quong Wing v. Kirkendall
  17. March 11, 1912· cited 216×
    Henry v. A. B. Dick Co.
  18. February 19, 1912· cited 208×
    Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. Wallace
  19. April 1, 1912· cited 189×
    Converse v. Hamilton
  20. March 18, 1912· cited 176×
    San Juan Light & Transit Co. v. Requena
  21. May 27, 1912· cited 173×
    United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Bray
  22. May 27, 1912· cited 173×
    National Bank of Newport v. National Herkimer County Bank of Little Falls
  23. May 27, 1912· cited 172×
    Sexton v. Kessler & Co.
  24. April 1, 1912· cited 162×
    Interstate Commerce Commission v. Goodrich Transit Co.
  25. February 19, 1912· cited 157×
    United States Express Co. v. Minnesota
  26. January 9, 1912· cited 157×
    Robinson v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
  27. April 8, 1912· cited 155×
    Crozier v. Fried. Krupp Aktiengesellschaft
  28. January 9, 1912· cited 154×
    Cuba Railroad v. Crosby
  29. December 4, 1911· cited 153×
    Grigsby v. Russell
  30. June 7, 1912· cited 148×
    Murphy v. California
  31. February 19, 1912· cited 145×
    Powers v. United States
  32. May 13, 1912· cited 143×
    Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad v. Schubert
  33. February 19, 1912· cited 141×
    Collins v. Texas
  34. January 9, 1912· cited 134×
    Southern Railway Co. v. Reid
  35. December 11, 1911· cited 133×
    Mutual Loan Co. v. Martell
  36. June 10, 1912· cited 132×
    Brown v. Elliott
  37. February 26, 1912· cited 131×
    Kansas City Southern Railway Co. v. C. H. Albers Commission Co.
  38. April 1, 1912· cited 129×
    Standard Oil Co. of Ind. v. Missouri
  39. March 11, 1912· cited 128×
    Tang Tun v. Edsell
  40. November 13, 1911· cited 124×
    Southern Pacific Co. v. Kentucky
  41. April 1, 1912· cited 122×
    Guarantee Title & Trust Co. v. Title Guaranty & Surety Co.
  42. May 27, 1912· cited 117×
    Railroad Commission of Ohio v. Worthington, Receiver of Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad Company
  43. January 9, 1912· cited 117×
    Red \C\ Oil Manufacturing Co. v. Board of Agriculture
  44. May 27, 1912· cited 115×
    Anderson v. Pacific Coast Steamship Co.
  45. March 11, 1912· cited 113×
    Cedar Rapids Gas Light Co. v. City of Cedar Rapids
  46. November 13, 1911· cited 110×
    Kalem Co. v. Harper Brothers
  47. March 11, 1912· cited 108×
    United States Ex Rel. Ness v. Fisher
  48. June 7, 1912· cited 105×
    David Lupton's Sons Co. v. Automobile Club of America
  49. April 22, 1912· cited 104×
    Gromer v. Standard Dredging Co.
  50. February 19, 1912· cited 102×
    Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance v. McCue
  51. November 13, 1911· cited 101×
    Interstate Commerce Commission v. Diffenbaugh
  52. February 19, 1912· cited 100×
    Meyer v. Wells, Fargo & Co.
  53. April 15, 1912· cited 99×
    Mullen v. United States
  54. February 19, 1912· cited 98×
    United States v. Citroen
  55. February 19, 1912· cited 90×
    The Abby Dodge
  56. May 13, 1912· cited 86×
    City of Louisville v. Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Co.
  57. May 13, 1912· cited 83×
    Gritts v. Fisher
  58. April 29, 1912· cited 80×
    Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Dennis
  59. April 1, 1912· cited 80×
    Matter of Loving
  60. April 29, 1912· cited 78×
    Interstate Commerce Commission v. United States Ex Rel. Humboldt Steamship Co.
  61. February 19, 1912· cited 76×
    Ferris v. Frohman
  62. April 1, 1912· cited 75×
    Holt v. Crucible Steel Co. of America
  63. April 29, 1912· cited 73×
    American Security & Trust Co. v. Commissioners of the District of Columbia
  64. June 10, 1912· cited 71×
    Clairmont v. United States
  65. April 1, 1912· cited 69×
    Western Union Telegraph Co. v. City of Richmond
  66. February 19, 1912· cited 69×
    Hendricks v. United States
  67. February 19, 1912· cited 67×
    New Marshall Engine Co. v. Marshall Engine Co.
  68. November 6, 1911· cited 67×
    Helm v. Zarecor
  69. December 4, 1911· cited 65×
    United States v. Congress Construction Co.
  70. December 4, 1911· cited 65×
    Martin v. West
  71. February 19, 1912· cited 64×
    Gaar, Scott & Co. v. Shannon
  72. January 15, 1912· cited 63×
    Johnson v. Collier
  73. December 11, 1911· cited 60×
    Ex Parte Leaf Tobacco Board of Trade of New York
  74. March 18, 1912· cited 58×
    Thomas v. Taylor
  75. February 19, 1912· cited 58×
    Latimer v. United States
  76. October 23, 1911· cited 58×
    Blinn v. Nelson
  77. December 4, 1911· cited 57×
    United States Ex Rel. Turner v. Fisher
  78. April 15, 1912· cited 56×
    St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. Wynne
  79. January 9, 1912· cited 55×
    City of Chicago v. Sturges
  80. February 26, 1912· cited 50×
    United States v. Ellicott
  81. January 9, 1912· cited 50×
    Berryman v. Board of Trustees of Whitman College
  82. December 11, 1911· cited 47×
    Chicago Junction Railway Co. v. King
  83. June 10, 1912· cited 46×
    Seaboard Air Line Railway v. Duvall
  84. May 27, 1912· cited 46×
    Stalker v. Oregon Short Line Railroad
  85. March 4, 1912· cited 45×
    In Re Merchants'stock and Grain Co.
  86. December 4, 1911· cited 45×
    Banker Brothers Co. v. Pennsylvania
  87. February 19, 1912· cited 44×
    Lincoln Gas & Electric Light Co. v. City of Lincoln
  88. May 13, 1912· cited 43×
    Cross Lake Shooting and Fishing Club v. Louisiana
  89. May 13, 1912· cited 43×
    B. Altman & Co. v. United States
  90. February 19, 1912· cited 43×
    Jacob v. Roberts
  91. December 4, 1911· cited 43×
    Tefft, Weller & Co. v. Munsuri
  92. May 27, 1912· cited 42×
    Chase v. Wetzlar
  93. February 19, 1912· cited 42×
    Metropolitan Water Co. v. Kaw Valley Drainage District
  94. January 9, 1912· cited 42×
    Southern R. Co. v. Reid & Beam
  95. June 10, 1912· cited 41×
    Kindred v. Union Pacific Railroad
  96. April 29, 1912· cited 41×
    Goat v. United States
  97. April 1, 1912· cited 41×
    Brown v. Selfridge
  98. May 27, 1912· cited 40×
    United States v. Colorado Anthracite Co.
  99. March 11, 1912· cited 40×
    Wingert v. First Nat. Bank of Hagerstown
  100. February 19, 1912· cited 40×
    Aetna Life Ins. Co. v. Tremblay

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