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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1918

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1918 (October 1, 1918 to September 30, 1919), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 287 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (266 with at least one citation, 221 with a syllabus, counted separately); up to 100 of them, ordered by citation count, are listed below.

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  1. March 3, 1919· cited 1,079×
    Schenck v. United States
  2. June 2, 1919· cited 958×
    United States v. Colgate & Co.
  3. April 16, 1919· cited 608×
    Eisner, Internal Revenue Collector v. MacOmber
  4. December 9, 1918· cited 599×
    United Drug Co. v. Theodore Rectanus Co.
  5. June 9, 1919· cited 350×
    Southern Pacific Co. v. Bogert
  6. March 10, 1919· cited 301×
    Frohwerk v. United States
  7. December 9, 1918· cited 296×
    Luckenbach v. W. J. McCahan Sugar Refining Co.
  8. April 14, 1919· cited 251×
    Ex Parte Hudgings
  9. May 19, 1919· cited 235×
    Fillippon v. Albion Vein Slate Co.
  10. January 13, 1919· cited 232×
    Union Dry Goods Co. v. Georgia Public Service Corp.
  11. March 3, 1919· cited 194×
    Middleton v. Texas Power & Light Co.
  12. March 31, 1919· cited 193×
    United States Ex Rel. Arant v. Lane
  13. May 5, 1919· cited 187×
    Skinner & Eddy Corp. v. United States
  14. June 2, 1919· cited 186×
    United States v. Babcock
  15. March 3, 1919· cited 177×
    United States v. Doremus
  16. March 3, 1919· cited 176×
    Arkadelphia Milling Co. v. St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co.
  17. June 9, 1919· cited 153×
    DeGanay v. Lederer
  18. December 9, 1918· cited 152×
    Gulf Oil Corp. v. Lewellyn
  19. April 14, 1919· cited 149×
    Columbus Railway, Power & Light Co. v. City of Columbus
  20. June 2, 1919· cited 148×
    Camp v. Gress
  21. May 19, 1919· cited 146×
    Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Co. v. United States
  22. March 17, 1919· cited 140×
    Crocker v. Malley
  23. March 3, 1919· cited 137×
    Arkadelphia Co. v. St. Louis SW Ry. Co.
  24. March 3, 1919· cited 133×
    L. A. Westermann Co. v. Dispatch Printing Co.
  25. April 26, 1919· cited 131×
    Jackson v. Smith
  26. January 20, 1919· cited 131×
    Cavanaugh v. Looney
  27. March 31, 1919· cited 116×
    Wise v. United States
  28. October 19, 1918· cited 115×
    International Paper Co. v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts
  29. June 9, 1919· cited 112×
    City of Pawhuska v. Pawhuska Oil & Gas Co.
  30. March 10, 1919· cited 111×
    Debs v. United States
  31. March 24, 1919· cited 106×
    Dominion Hotel, Inc. v. Arizona
  32. June 2, 1919· cited 102×
    Washington Post Co. v. Chaloner
  33. June 2, 1919· cited 101×
    The Lake Monroe
  34. March 31, 1919· cited 101×
    United States v. Purcell Envelope Co.
  35. December 9, 1918· cited 101×
    Union Pacific Railroad v. Public Service Commission
  36. January 7, 1919· cited 99×
    Union Fish Co. v. Erickson
  37. June 2, 1919· cited 98×
    Williams v. Vreeland
  38. May 19, 1919· cited 96×
    Sage v. United States
  39. February 3, 1919· cited 96×
    Pierce Oil Corp. v. City of Hope
  40. January 7, 1919· cited 94×
    Guerini Stone Co. v. P. J. Carlin Construction Co.
  41. January 27, 1919· cited 92×
    La Tourette v. McMaster
  42. June 9, 1919· cited 90×
    Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Leatherwood
  43. March 17, 1919· cited 87×
    Gratiot County State Bank v. Johnson Ex Rel. St. Louis Chemical Co.
  44. March 24, 1919· cited 86×
    Union Tank Line Co. v. Wright
  45. June 9, 1919· cited 85×
    Barrett v. Virginian Railway Co.
  46. March 3, 1919· cited 82×
    Seufert Bros. v. United States Ex Rel. Confederated Tribes & Bands
  47. March 3, 1919· cited 78×
    Webb v. United States
  48. December 9, 1918· cited 78×
    Palmer v. Ohio
  49. June 9, 1919· cited 77×
    Hancock v. City of Muskogee
  50. March 3, 1919· cited 77×
    Sugarman v. United States
  51. January 21, 1919· cited 77×
    Bowerman v. Hamner
  52. March 31, 1919· cited 76×
    Union Oil Co. of Cal. v. Smith
  53. June 2, 1919· cited 73×
    Parker v. Richard
  54. March 3, 1919· cited 73×
    City of Richmond v. Bird
  55. April 14, 1919· cited 71×
    McKinley v. United States
  56. May 19, 1919· cited 69×
    Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad v. Smith
  57. January 13, 1919· cited 69×
    Allanwilde Transport Corp. v. Vacuum Oil Co.
  58. May 19, 1919· cited 67×
    Carey v. South Dakota
  59. March 3, 1919· cited 63×
    Withnell v. Ruecking Construction Co.
  60. May 19, 1919· cited 62×
    MacKay Telegraph & Cable Co. v. City of Little Rock
  61. June 9, 1919· cited 61×
    Pennsylvania Railroad v. Minds
  62. June 2, 1919· cited 61×
    United States v. Ferger
  63. March 3, 1919· cited 61×
    G. S. Nicholas & Co. v. United States
  64. December 10, 1918· cited 61×
    Looney, Atty. Gen. v. Eastern Texas R. Co.
  65. June 9, 1919· cited 60×
    Minerals Separation, Ltd. v. Butte & Superior Mining Co.
  66. March 3, 1919· cited 59×
    New York Central Railroad v. Porter
  67. January 13, 1919· cited 57×
    Southern Pacific R. Co. v. Stewart
  68. April 21, 1919· cited 56×
    Louisville & Jeffersonville Bridge Co. v. United States
  69. June 2, 1919· cited 55×
    Kinzell v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.
  70. April 14, 1919· cited 55×
    Corn Products Refining Co. v. Eddy
  71. April 14, 1919· cited 54×
    Standard Oil Co. v. Graves
  72. March 3, 1919· cited 53×
    Butte & Superior Copper Co. v. Clark-Montana Realty Co.
  73. March 31, 1919· cited 52×
    Capitol Transportation Co. v. Cambria Steel Co.
  74. June 9, 1919· cited 51×
    Commercial Cable Co. v. Burleson
  75. December 9, 1918· cited 51×
    Ruddy v. Rossi
  76. June 2, 1919· cited 50×
    Benedict v. City of New York
  77. May 19, 1919· cited 50×
    Joseph Schlitz Brewing Co. v. Houston Ice & Brewing Co.
  78. March 3, 1919· cited 49×
    Lane v. Pueblo of Santa Rosa
  79. June 2, 1919· cited 47×
    Public Service Co. of Northern Ill. v. Corboy
  80. December 23, 1918· cited 47×
    Wells, Fargo & Co. v. Nevada
  81. June 2, 1919· cited 45×
    Flanders v. Coleman
  82. May 19, 1919· cited 44×
    American Fire Insurance v. King Lumber & Manufacturing Co.
  83. April 14, 1919· cited 44×
    United States v. Gudger
  84. January 27, 1919· cited 44×
    Large Oil Co. v. Howard
  85. June 2, 1919· cited 42×
    Groesbeck v. Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railway Co.
  86. April 21, 1919· cited 41×
    Chalker v. Birmingham & Northwestern Railway Co.
  87. January 7, 1919· cited 40×
    Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. Maucher
  88. May 5, 1919· cited 39×
    Standard Computing Scale Co. v. Farrell
  89. December 9, 1918· cited 39×
    Sterrett Ex Rel. Alabama Trust & Savings Co. v. Second National Bank
  90. December 16, 1918· cited 38×
    Pure Oil Co. v. Minnesota
  91. April 21, 1919· cited 37×
    Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad v. Mullins
  92. January 20, 1919· cited 37×
    Cohn v. Malone
  93. April 14, 1919· cited 36×
    Lake Erie & Western Railroad v. State Public Utilities Commission Ex Rel. Cameron
  94. December 9, 1918· cited 36×
    Payne v. Kansas Ex Rel. Brewster
  95. June 2, 1919· cited 34×
    Rumely v. McCarthy
  96. January 7, 1919· cited 34×
    Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. Kansas
  97. April 28, 1919· cited 33×
    Darling v. City of Newport News
  98. April 14, 1919· cited 32×
    Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. Ochs
  99. January 7, 1919· cited 32×
    United States v. Comyns
  100. January 7, 1919· cited 32×
    Farson, Son & Co. v. Bird

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