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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1919

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1919 (October 1, 1919 to September 30, 1920), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 221 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (203 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. March 1, 1920· cited 2,373×
    Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. United States
  2. March 8, 1920· cited 1,262×
    Eisner v. MacOmber
  3. June 7, 1920· cited 1,251×
    F. S. Royster Guano Co. v. Virginia
  4. November 10, 1919· cited 602×
    Abrams v. United States
  5. June 1, 1920· cited 576×
    Ex Parte Peterson
  6. January 19, 1920· cited 464×
    Maryland Casualty Co. v. United States
  7. November 24, 1919· cited 398×
    Stroud v. United States
  8. March 1, 1920· cited 387×
    Shaffer v. Carter
  9. November 10, 1919· cited 299×
    Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Fink
  10. June 1, 1920· cited 295×
    Ohio Valley Water Co. v. Ben Avon Borough
  11. November 10, 1919· cited 288×
    Stilson v. United States
  12. May 17, 1920· cited 269×
    United States v. Alaska Steamship Co.
  13. March 29, 1920· cited 263×
    Collins v. Miller
  14. June 1, 1920· cited 252×
    Evans v. Gore
  15. April 26, 1920· cited 234×
    Ward v. Board of Commr's of Love Cty.
  16. June 1, 1920· cited 226×
    United States v. North American Transportation & Trading Co.
  17. December 8, 1919· cited 210×
    Bragg v. Weaver
  18. April 26, 1920· cited 200×
    United States v. Reading Co.
  19. December 8, 1919· cited 195×
    St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. Williams
  20. June 1, 1920· cited 192×
    Green v. Frazier
  21. April 19, 1920· cited 191×
    Estate of P. D. Beckwith, Inc. v. Commissioner of Patents
  22. June 7, 1920· cited 190×
    Porto Rico Railway, Light & Power Co. v. Mor
  23. November 10, 1919· cited 185×
    Maxwell v. Bugbee
  24. March 1, 1920· cited 184×
    Brooks-Scanlon Co. v. Railroad Comm'n of La.
  25. March 1, 1920· cited 183×
    National Lead Co. v. United States
  26. June 7, 1920· cited 176×
    Kwock Jan Fat v. White
  27. April 19, 1920· cited 173×
    Cameron v. United States
  28. March 22, 1920· cited 167×
    Oklahoma Operating Co. v. Love
  29. June 7, 1920· cited 164×
    Federal Trade Commission v. Gratz
  30. March 8, 1920· cited 160×
    Pierce v. United States
  31. May 17, 1920· cited 148×
    Meccano, Ltd. v. John Wanamaker, NY
  32. June 1, 1920· cited 142×
    Stallings v. Splain
  33. April 26, 1920· cited 140×
    United States v. Atlantic Dredging Co.
  34. April 19, 1920· cited 138×
    Penn Mutual Life Insurance v. Lederer
  35. March 1, 1920· cited 135×
    Pennsylvania Gas Co. v. Public Service Commission
  36. May 3, 1920· cited 133×
    Wallace v. Hines
  37. June 1, 1920· cited 132×
    Hawke v. Smith (No. 1)
  38. November 10, 1919· cited 127×
    Pennsylvania Railroad v. Public Service Commission
  39. March 1, 1920· cited 124×
    United States v. A. Schrader's Son, Inc.
  40. May 17, 1920· cited 121×
    Spiller v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.
  41. March 1, 1920· cited 120×
    Jett Bros. Distilling Co. v. City of Carrollton
  42. March 15, 1920· cited 119×
    Cole v. Ralph
  43. May 17, 1920· cited 118×
    Erie Railroad v. Collins
  44. January 5, 1920· cited 115×
    Producers Transportation Co. v. Railroad Commission
  45. April 19, 1920· cited 113×
    Canadian Northern Railway Co. v. Eggen
  46. March 1, 1920· cited 113×
    Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. Ward
  47. April 19, 1920· cited 111×
    Blumenstock Bros. Advertising Agency v. Curtis Publishing Co.
  48. March 29, 1920· cited 103×
    Strathearn Steamship Co. v. Dillon
  49. January 5, 1920· cited 103×
    Hayes v. Port of Seattle
  50. March 1, 1920· cited 102×
    Chapman v. Wintroath
  51. June 1, 1920· cited 101×
    Cream of Wheat Co. v. County of Grand Forks
  52. May 17, 1920· cited 97×
    Calhoun v. Massie
  53. March 1, 1920· cited 95×
    Schaefer v. United States
  54. March 1, 1920· cited 94×
    Ash Sheep Co. v. United States
  55. May 17, 1920· cited 92×
    Chicago, M. & St. P. Ry. Co. v. McCaull Co
  56. May 17, 1920· cited 91×
    Erie Railroad v. Szary
  57. December 8, 1919· cited 90×
    Wagner v. City of Covington
  58. January 5, 1920· cited 89×
    Branson v. Bush
  59. January 12, 1920· cited 85×
    Duhne v. New Jersey
  60. April 26, 1920· cited 84×
    Maguire v. Trefry
  61. June 1, 1920· cited 83×
    Weidhorn v. Levy
  62. June 1, 1920· cited 76×
    Piedmont Power & Light Co. v. Town of Graham
  63. April 19, 1920· cited 73×
    Hull v. Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co.
  64. March 16, 1920· cited 73×
    Seaboard Air Line Railway v. United States
  65. December 8, 1919· cited 72×
    Liverpool, Brazil & River Plate Steam Navigation Co. v. Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal
  66. December 8, 1919· cited 72×
    City of Los Angeles v. Los Angeles Gas & Electric Corp.
  67. December 8, 1919· cited 70×
    Postal Telegraph-Cable Co. v. Warren-Godwin Lumber Co.
  68. May 17, 1920· cited 66×
    Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. McCaull-Dinsmore Co.
  69. March 1, 1920· cited 66×
    Ex Parte Tiffany
  70. March 1, 1920· cited 63×
    New York Central Railroad v. Mohney
  71. March 1, 1920· cited 63×
    Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co. v. Wisconsin Ex Rel. City of Milwaukee
  72. April 19, 1920· cited 62×
    Houston v. Ormes
  73. January 26, 1920· cited 62×
    Napa Valley Electric Co. v. Railroad Commission
  74. March 1, 1920· cited 60×
    Fort Smith Lumber Co. v. Arkansas Ex Rel. Arbuckle
  75. January 26, 1920· cited 60×
    Chipman, Ltd. v. Thomas B. Jeffery Co.
  76. December 8, 1919· cited 60×
    Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. Cole
  77. December 8, 1919· cited 58×
    Evans v. National Bank of Savannah
  78. March 22, 1920· cited 55×
    Manners v. Morosco
  79. March 1, 1920· cited 55×
    The South Coast
  80. December 8, 1919· cited 52×
    Ervien v. United States
  81. March 1, 1920· cited 48×
    Grand Trunk Western Railway Co. v. United States
  82. June 1, 1920· cited 47×
    Scott v. Frazier
  83. April 19, 1920· cited 47×
    Oneida Navigation Corp. v. W. & S. Job & Co.
  84. January 12, 1920· cited 47×
    Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Boegli
  85. December 22, 1919· cited 47×
    Godchaux Co. v. Estopinal
  86. May 17, 1920· cited 46×
    E. W. Bliss Co. v. United States
  87. April 19, 1920· cited 43×
    Cuyahoga River Power Co. v. Northern Ohio Traction & Light Co.
  88. March 22, 1920· cited 43×
    The Atlanten
  89. June 1, 1920· cited 41×
    City of New York v. Consolidated Gas Co. of NY
  90. March 8, 1920· cited 41×
    United States Ex Rel. Kansas City Southern Railway Co. v. Interstate Commerce Commission
  91. March 1, 1920· cited 41×
    Dunbar v. City of New York
  92. March 1, 1920· cited 39×
    Bates v. Dresser
  93. December 15, 1919· cited 38×
    United States v. Board of Comm'rs of Osage Cty.
  94. December 8, 1919· cited 38×
    Peters v. Veasey
  95. April 27, 1920· cited 37×
    National Brake & Electric Co. v. Christensen
  96. April 19, 1920· cited 35×
    Munday v. Wisconsin Trust Co.
  97. April 19, 1920· cited 35×
    United States v. Chase National Bank
  98. January 12, 1920· cited 35×
    Birge-Forbes Co. v. Heye
  99. June 1, 1920· cited 33×
    Fort Smith & Western Railroad v. Mills
  100. March 22, 1920· cited 32×
    Hiawassee River Power Co. v. Carolina-Tennessee Power Co.

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