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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1916

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1916 (October 1, 1916 to September 30, 1917), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 240 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (235 with at least one citation, 193 with a syllabus, counted separately); up to 100 of them, ordered by citation count, are listed below.

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  1. March 19, 1917· cited 590×
    Utah Power & Light Co. v. United States
  2. December 4, 1916· cited 540×
    Ex Parte United States
  3. March 12, 1917· cited 427×
    United States v. Cress
  4. December 4, 1916· cited 417×
    United States v. Oppenheimer
  5. April 9, 1917· cited 365×
    Motion Picture Patents Co. v. Universal Film Manufacturing Co.
  6. December 4, 1916· cited 341×
    Kane v. New Jersey
  7. March 6, 1917· cited 323×
    Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co. v. McKibbin
  8. March 6, 1917· cited 322×
    McDonald v. Mabee
  9. June 11, 1917· cited 311×
    Greene v. Louisville & Interurban Railroad
  10. January 22, 1917· cited 299×
    Von Baumbach v. Sargent Land Co.
  11. May 21, 1917· cited 295×
    Hart Steel Co. v. Railroad Supply Co.
  12. June 4, 1917· cited 282×
    Illinois Surety Co. v. John Davis Co.
  13. January 22, 1917· cited 279×
    Thomas Cusack Co. v. City of Chicago
  14. March 6, 1917· cited 276×
    Pennsylvania Fire Insurance v. Gold Issue Mining & Milling Co.
  15. December 4, 1916· cited 274×
    McIntyre v. Kavanaugh
  16. March 6, 1917· cited 264×
    Swift & Co. v. Hocking Valley Railway Co.
  17. March 6, 1917· cited 254×
    Selling v. Radford
  18. January 8, 1917· cited 246×
    Clark Distilling Co. v. Western Maryland Railway Co.
  19. June 4, 1917· cited 229×
    Mason v. United States
  20. April 9, 1917· cited 229×
    United States v. Ginsberg
  21. March 19, 1917· cited 203×
    Wilson v. New
  22. March 6, 1917· cited 203×
    In the Matter of the Petition of Selling
  23. May 21, 1917· cited 198×
    E. I. Du Pont De Nemours Powder Co. v. Masland
  24. May 21, 1917· cited 192×
    United Copper Securities Co. v. Amalgamated Copper Co.
  25. April 9, 1917· cited 176×
    United States v. Gradwell
  26. December 18, 1916· cited 176×
    Minerals Separation, Ltd. v. Hyde
  27. June 11, 1917· cited 173×
    Adams v. Tanner
  28. January 8, 1917· cited 165×
    Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad v. Winters
  29. April 30, 1917· cited 151×
    St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. Starbird
  30. December 4, 1916· cited 149×
    Stewart v. Ramsay
  31. January 8, 1917· cited 140×
    Baker v. Baker, Eccles & Co.
  32. March 6, 1917· cited 139×
    Pennington v. Fourth National Bank of Cincinnati
  33. January 8, 1917· cited 139×
    Erie Railroad v. Welsh
  34. May 21, 1917· cited 132×
    Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad v. Gotschall
  35. April 30, 1917· cited 129×
    Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Layton
  36. March 21, 1917· cited 124×
    United States v. United Shoe Machinery Co. of New Jersey
  37. April 9, 1917· cited 122×
    United States v. Kenofskey
  38. June 11, 1917· cited 114×
    First National Bank v. Fellows Ex Rel. Union Trust Co.
  39. June 11, 1917· cited 113×
    Hopkins v. Walker
  40. June 4, 1917· cited 109×
    Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. Ward
  41. March 6, 1917· cited 108×
    Thomsen v. Cayser
  42. March 6, 1917· cited 106×
    Hawkins v. Bleakly
  43. May 7, 1917· cited 103×
    Chicago Life Insurance v. Cherry
  44. June 11, 1917· cited 101×
    Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Greene
  45. January 8, 1917· cited 100×
    Adamson v. Gilliland
  46. April 9, 1917· cited 92×
    Bunting v. Oregon
  47. March 6, 1917· cited 92×
    Enterprise Irrigation District v. Farmers Mutual Canal Co.
  48. June 11, 1917· cited 88×
    Southern Railway Co. v. Puckett
  49. March 6, 1917· cited 88×
    Lie v. San Francisco & Portland Steamship Co.
  50. January 10, 1917· cited 87×
    Herbert v. Shanley Co.
  51. June 11, 1917· cited 86×
    McCoach v. Insurance Co. of North America
  52. March 6, 1917· cited 83×
    Raymond v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.
  53. May 7, 1917· cited 82×
    Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Texas Packing Co.
  54. May 7, 1917· cited 80×
    The Kronprinzessin Cecilie
  55. February 5, 1917· cited 80×
    Caldwell v. Sioux Falls Stock Yards Co.
  56. November 13, 1916· cited 79×
    Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Parker
  57. May 21, 1917· cited 77×
    Railroad Supply Co. v. Elyria Iron & Steel Co.
  58. December 11, 1916· cited 72×
    Lovato v. New Mexico
  59. June 4, 1917· cited 71×
    Wall v. Parrot Silver & Copper Co.
  60. June 4, 1917· cited 71×
    New York Central & Hudson River Railroad v. Tonsellito
  61. April 9, 1917· cited 71×
    United States v. Waller
  62. December 4, 1916· cited 71×
    Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham Railroad v. Stiles
  63. June 11, 1917· cited 70×
    American Express Co. v. South Dakota Ex Rel. Caldwell
  64. December 4, 1916· cited 70×
    Pennsylvania Railroad v. Sonman Shaft Coal Co.
  65. June 4, 1917· cited 69×
    United States Ex Rel. Louisiana v. Jack
  66. May 21, 1917· cited 69×
    Lane v. Hoglund
  67. December 4, 1916· cited 68×
    New York Central & Hudson River Railroad v. Beaham
  68. June 11, 1917· cited 65×
    Darnell v. Edwards
  69. April 30, 1917· cited 65×
    United States v. Morehead
  70. February 5, 1917· cited 65×
    Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Public Service Commission
  71. December 4, 1916· cited 64×
    Lehon v. City of Atlanta
  72. March 6, 1917· cited 63×
    Pease v. Rathbun-Jones Engineering Co.
  73. May 21, 1917· cited 61×
    Lehigh Valley Railroad v. Barlow
  74. June 4, 1917· cited 57×
    Erie Railroad v. Purucker
  75. January 15, 1917· cited 55×
    Chaloner v. Sherman
  76. March 6, 1917· cited 53×
    Bond v. Hume
  77. December 4, 1916· cited 53×
    Atlantic City Railroad v. Parker
  78. June 4, 1917· cited 52×
    Mississippi Railroad Commission v. Mobile & Ohio Railroad
  79. May 21, 1917· cited 52×
    Chesbrough v. Woodworth
  80. March 6, 1917· cited 52×
    Grays Harbor Logging Co. v. Coats-Fordney Logging Co.
  81. January 8, 1917· cited 52×
    McNaughton v. Johnson
  82. June 11, 1917· cited 51×
    Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Co. v. Reynolds
  83. January 8, 1917· cited 50×
    Gasquet v. Lapeyre
  84. December 11, 1916· cited 50×
    United States & Interstate Commerce Commission v. Pennsylvania Railroad
  85. June 4, 1917· cited 49×
    Western Oil Refining Co. v. Lipscomb
  86. May 21, 1917· cited 47×
    Hamer v. New York Railways Co.
  87. May 7, 1917· cited 46×
    Van Dyke v. Geary
  88. May 21, 1917· cited 45×
    Toledo Railways & Light Co. v. Hill
  89. March 6, 1917· cited 45×
    Baker v. Schofield
  90. January 22, 1917· cited 44×
    Berry v. Davis
  91. December 11, 1916· cited 44×
    Detroit United Railway v. Michigan
  92. March 6, 1917· cited 43×
    McCluskey v. Marysville & Northern Railway Co.
  93. December 11, 1916· cited 43×
    Goshen Manufacturing Co. v. Hubert A. Myers Manufacturing Co.
  94. May 21, 1917· cited 42×
    United States v. Wildcat
  95. November 13, 1916· cited 42×
    Portuguese-American Bank of San Francisco v. Welles
  96. June 4, 1917· cited 41×
    Seaboard Air Line Railway v. Blackwell
  97. March 6, 1917· cited 39×
    McAllister v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.
  98. December 4, 1916· cited 37×
    Sim v. Edenborn
  99. March 6, 1917· cited 36×
    State of New Mexico v. Lane
  100. January 8, 1917· cited 36×
    Dickson v. Luck Land Co.

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