Skip to main content
Federal & State Lawfederalstatelaw.com

Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1917

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1917 (October 1, 1917 to September 30, 1918), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 242 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (235 with at least one citation, 186 with a syllabus, counted separately); up to 100 of them, ordered by citation count, are listed below.

All Supreme Court records in the CourtListener bulk data

  1. March 4, 1918· cited 872×
    Great Northern Railway Co. v. Alexander
  2. November 19, 1917· cited 692×
    Gould v. Gould
  3. January 7, 1918· cited 577×
    Towne v. Eisner
  4. May 20, 1918· cited 544×
    Doyle v. Mitchell Brothers Co.
  5. May 6, 1918· cited 514×
    Perlman v. United States
  6. March 11, 1918· cited 467×
    Oetjen v. Central Leather Co.
  7. June 3, 1918· cited 408×
    Sunday Lake Iron Co. v. Township of Wakefield
  8. June 3, 1918· cited 400×
    Chelentis v. Luckenbach Steamship Co.
  9. March 4, 1918· cited 380×
    People's Tobacco Co. v. American Tobacco Co.
  10. February 4, 1918· cited 330×
    Stellwagen v. Clum
  11. June 3, 1918· cited 306×
    Hammer v. Dagenhart
  12. June 10, 1918· cited 280×
    Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. Minneapolis Civic & Commerce Ass'n
  13. June 3, 1918· cited 280×
    Southern Pacific Co. v. Lowe
  14. November 5, 1917· cited 278×
    Biddinger v. Commissioner of Police of City of New York
  15. June 3, 1918· cited 225×
    Lynch v. Hornby
  16. June 3, 1918· cited 215×
    United States Glue Co. v. Town of Oak Creek
  17. March 18, 1918· cited 193×
    Omaechevarria v. Idaho
  18. January 21, 1918· cited 183×
    Southern Pacific Co. v. Darnell-Taenzer Lumber Co.
  19. June 3, 1918· cited 179×
    New Orleans & Northeastern Railroad v. Harris
  20. December 10, 1917· cited 179×
    Crew Levick Co. v. Pennsylvania
  21. January 7, 1918· cited 172×
    Jones v. Perkins
  22. January 7, 1918· cited 165×
    Boldt v. Pennsylvania Railroad
  23. June 3, 1918· cited 152×
    Friederichsen v. Renard
  24. March 4, 1918· cited 152×
    City and County of Denver v. Denver Union Water Co.
  25. June 10, 1918· cited 151×
    Grinnell Washing MacHine Co. v. E. E. Johnson Co.
  26. December 10, 1917· cited 151×
    Duncan Townsite Co. v. Lane
  27. March 4, 1918· cited 145×
    Sutton v. English
  28. January 14, 1918· cited 145×
    Illinois Central Railroad v. State Public Utilities Commission
  29. May 20, 1918· cited 136×
    York Manufacturing Co. v. Colley
  30. December 10, 1917· cited 134×
    Crane v. Campbell
  31. December 10, 1917· cited 124×
    New York Ex Rel. New York & Queens Gas Co. v. McCall
  32. June 3, 1918· cited 123×
    Lynch v. Turrish
  33. December 10, 1917· cited 122×
    United States v. Ness
  34. May 20, 1918· cited 118×
    Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Foster
  35. November 5, 1917· cited 117×
    Cohen v. Samuels
  36. April 15, 1918· cited 112×
    Cudahy Packing Co. v. Minnesota
  37. June 3, 1918· cited 111×
    Union Pacific Railroad v. Board of County Commissioners
  38. April 15, 1918· cited 107×
    General Railway Signal Co. v. Virginia Ex Rel. State Corporation Comm'n
  39. June 10, 1918· cited 102×
    Philippine Sugar Estates Development Co. v. Government of the Philippine Islands
  40. June 10, 1918· cited 101×
    Postal Telegraph Cable Co. v. City of Newport
  41. April 15, 1918· cited 99×
    Boston & Maine Railroad v. Piper
  42. April 15, 1918· cited 97×
    United States v. Weitzel
  43. April 22, 1918· cited 96×
    Waite v. MacY
  44. March 18, 1918· cited 96×
    Union Pacific Railroad v. Hadley
  45. January 14, 1918· cited 96×
    Ruthenberg v. United States
  46. May 20, 1918· cited 95×
    Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Rice
  47. June 3, 1918· cited 94×
    Ex Parte Simons
  48. November 5, 1917· cited 93×
    Contributors to the Pennsylvania Hospital v. City of Philadelphia
  49. June 3, 1918· cited 92×
    Peabody v. Eisner
  50. March 25, 1918· cited 92×
    Pendleton v. Benner Line
  51. March 18, 1918· cited 91×
    Wells v. Roper
  52. March 4, 1918· cited 87×
    Boston Store of Chicago v. American Graphophone Co.
  53. May 20, 1918· cited 85×
    United States v. Biwabik Mining Co.
  54. January 28, 1918· cited 85×
    United States v. Sweet
  55. January 14, 1918· cited 83×
    Martin v. Commercial Nat. Bank of MacOn
  56. February 4, 1918· cited 80×
    William Filene's Sons Co. v. Weed
  57. April 1, 1918· cited 79×
    New York Life Insurance v. Dodge
  58. November 26, 1917· cited 77×
    Day v. United States
  59. June 3, 1918· cited 76×
    United States v. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co.
  60. June 10, 1918· cited 75×
    Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. Solum
  61. April 15, 1918· cited 72×
    Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Holloway
  62. December 10, 1917· cited 71×
    United States v. California Bridge & Construction Co.
  63. May 20, 1918· cited 69×
    Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance v. Wisconsin
  64. June 10, 1918· cited 68×
    Supreme Council of Royal Arcanum v. Behrend
  65. January 21, 1918· cited 68×
    Bates v. Bodie
  66. February 4, 1918· cited 65×
    Gardiner v. William S. Butler & Co.
  67. March 4, 1918· cited 64×
    Sears v. City of Akron
  68. March 4, 1918· cited 62×
    William Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine Building Co. v. International Curtis Marine Turbine Co.
  69. January 7, 1918· cited 60×
    Union Trust Co. v. Grosman
  70. November 12, 1917· cited 59×
    St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. United States & Interstate Commerce Commission
  71. November 5, 1917· cited 56×
    Kelley v. Gill
  72. June 3, 1918· cited 55×
    McCoy v. Union Elevated Railroad
  73. November 5, 1917· cited 53×
    Lee Wilson & Co. v. United States
  74. December 17, 1917· cited 52×
    Southern Pacific Co. v. Stewart
  75. March 4, 1918· cited 51×
    United States v. Bathgate
  76. March 4, 1918· cited 50×
    United States v. Bathgate Same v. Burckhauser Same v. Coons Same v. Farrell Same v. Klayer Same v. Uricho
  77. May 20, 1918· cited 48×
    Hays v. Gauley Mountain Coal Co.
  78. May 20, 1918· cited 48×
    Erie Railroad v. Hilt
  79. March 4, 1918· cited 46×
    Great Northern Railway Co. v. Donaldson
  80. January 14, 1918· cited 46×
    George A. Fuller Co. v. Otis Elevator Co.
  81. April 29, 1918· cited 44×
    Bullen v. State of Wisconsin
  82. December 10, 1917· cited 42×
    Abercrombie & Fitch Co. v. Baldwin
  83. May 6, 1918· cited 40×
    Howard v. Gipsy Oil Co.
  84. November 7, 1917· cited 40×
    Seaboard Air Line Railway v. North Carolina
  85. March 4, 1918· cited 38×
    Armour & Co. v. Virginia
  86. January 21, 1918· cited 38×
    Union Pacific Railroad v. Huxoll
  87. March 4, 1918· cited 37×
    Bilby v. Stewart
  88. October 22, 1917· cited 37×
    Bruce v. Tobin
  89. November 26, 1917· cited 35×
    Wear v. Kansas Ex Rel. Brewster
  90. November 5, 1917· cited 35×
    Scharrenberg v. Dollar Steamship Co.
  91. November 5, 1917· cited 35×
    Smith v. Interstate Commerce Commission
  92. October 15, 1917· cited 34×
    Pennsylvania Railroad v. Towers
  93. April 15, 1918· cited 33×
    International & Great Northern Railway Co. v. Anderson County
  94. January 28, 1918· cited 33×
    United States v. Woo Jan
  95. December 10, 1917· cited 33×
    Korbly v. Springfield Institution for Savings
  96. June 3, 1918· cited 29×
    Ex parte Kitzerow
  97. January 28, 1918· cited 29×
    Northern Ohio Traction & Light Co. v. Ohio Ex Rel. Pontius
  98. December 10, 1917· cited 29×
    Eagle Glass & Manufacturing Co. v. Rowe
  99. May 20, 1918· cited 28×
    Chicago & Alton Railroad v. United States
  100. April 29, 1918· cited 28×
    Dickinson v. Stiles

Terms are listed when CourtListener's bulk data has at least 10 records with a citation or syllabus; the list shows at most 100. Where several records share one web address, only the record that address opens is listed; addresses also used by a curated case page are left out.

This is legal information, not legal advice. Laws vary by jurisdiction and change frequently. Always verify current law with official sources and consult a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction for advice on your specific situation.