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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1920

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1920 (October 1, 1920 to September 30, 1921), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 251 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (227 with at least one citation, 196 with a syllabus, counted separately); up to 100 of them, ordered by citation count, are listed below.

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  1. February 28, 1921· cited 1,256×
    Gouled v. United States
  2. June 1, 1921· cited 1,253×
    Burdeau v. McDowell
  3. June 1, 1921· cited 555×
    Ex Parte State of New York, No. 1
  4. November 22, 1920· cited 447×
    Rock Island, Arkansas & Louisiana Railroad v. United States
  5. January 17, 1921· cited 352×
    J. W. Goldsmith, Jr.-Grant Co. v. United States
  6. November 22, 1920· cited 346×
    Horning v. District of Columbia
  7. March 7, 1921· cited 317×
    Supreme Tribe of Ben-Hur v. Cauble
  8. June 1, 1921· cited 307×
    Missouri Pacific Railroad v. Ault
  9. November 15, 1920· cited 296×
    Underwood Typewriter Co. v. Chamberlain
  10. January 24, 1921· cited 277×
    Geddes v. Anaconda Copper Mining Co.
  11. December 6, 1920· cited 222×
    Wells Fargo & Co. v. Taylor
  12. November 8, 1920· cited 203×
    Johnson v. Maryland
  13. October 11, 1920· cited 199×
    Piedmont & Georges Creek Coal Co. v. Seaboard Fisheries Co.
  14. January 24, 1921· cited 176×
    Central Union Trust Co. of NY v. Garvan
  15. June 1, 1921· cited 174×
    United States v. Yuginovich
  16. February 28, 1921· cited 168×
    United States v. Field
  17. February 28, 1921· cited 164×
    Stoehr v. Wallace
  18. May 16, 1921· cited 160×
    American Bank & Trust Co. v. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
  19. April 11, 1921· cited 160×
    Oklahoma v. Textas
  20. November 8, 1920· cited 157×
    Arndstein v. McCarthy
  21. November 8, 1920· cited 153×
    Niles-Bement-Pond Co. v. Iron Moulders Union Local No. 68
  22. December 20, 1920· cited 147×
    Marshall v. New York
  23. June 6, 1921· cited 144×
    Bowman v. Continental Oil Co.
  24. December 6, 1920· cited 144×
    Coca-Cola Co. v. Koke Co. of America
  25. June 1, 1921· cited 143×
    Sutton v. United States
  26. March 21, 1921· cited 139×
    United States Ex Rel. Milwaukee Social Democratic Publishing Co. v. Burleson
  27. May 16, 1921· cited 137×
    New York Central & Hudson River Railroad v. York & Whitney Co.
  28. December 6, 1920· cited 137×
    Jin Fuey Moy v. United States
  29. January 31, 1921· cited 120×
    Hogan v. O'NEILL
  30. December 6, 1920· cited 119×
    Thames Towboat Co. v. the Schooner \Francis McDonald\
  31. May 2, 1921· cited 115×
    Newberry v. United States
  32. April 11, 1921· cited 114×
    Goodrich v. Edwards
  33. December 13, 1920· cited 109×
    Gilbert v. Minnesota
  34. May 2, 1921· cited 108×
    New York v. New Jersey
  35. January 3, 1921· cited 108×
    Southern Pacific Co. v. Berkshire
  36. March 14, 1921· cited 104×
    Winton v. Amos
  37. March 22, 1921· cited 99×
    United States v. Pfitsch
  38. January 17, 1921· cited 94×
    Ex Parte Muir
  39. March 28, 1921· cited 93×
    Lang v. New York Central Railroad
  40. November 8, 1920· cited 93×
    Street v. Lincoln Safe Deposit Co.
  41. January 3, 1921· cited 91×
    United States v. Strang
  42. May 16, 1921· cited 88×
    Heitmuller v. Stokes
  43. April 18, 1921· cited 87×
    Frey & Son, Inc. v. Cudahy Packing Co.
  44. June 6, 1921· cited 84×
    Weber Electric Co. v. E. H. Freeman Electric Co.
  45. November 8, 1920· cited 82×
    United States v. National Surety Co.
  46. February 28, 1921· cited 81×
    Payne v. Central Pacific Railway Co.
  47. December 13, 1920· cited 80×
    Vallely v. Northern Fire & Marine Insurance
  48. December 6, 1920· cited 80×
    Nicchia v. New York
  49. June 6, 1921· cited 78×
    Texas Co. v. Hogarth Shipping Co.
  50. June 1, 1921· cited 78×
    McLaren v. Fleischer
  51. March 28, 1921· cited 76×
    Wyoming v. United States
  52. May 16, 1921· cited 75×
    Dillon v. Gloss
  53. October 25, 1920· cited 74×
    Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Speight
  54. June 6, 1921· cited 71×
    Merchants' Nat. Bank of Richmond v. Richmond
  55. April 11, 1921· cited 70×
    Galbraith v. Vallely
  56. January 3, 1921· cited 70×
    Sullivan v. Kidd
  57. November 15, 1920· cited 70×
    Watson v. State Comptroller of NY
  58. June 1, 1921· cited 69×
    Dane v. Jackson
  59. May 16, 1921· cited 69×
    Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co. v. Di Donato
  60. January 31, 1921· cited 69×
    Givens v. Zerbst
  61. April 11, 1921· cited 68×
    Bank of Minden v. Clement
  62. January 17, 1921· cited 67×
    Bullock v. Florida Ex Rel. Railroad Comm'n of Fla.
  63. February 28, 1921· cited 66×
    The Pesaro
  64. January 24, 1921· cited 66×
    La Motte v. United States
  65. December 13, 1920· cited 66×
    Calveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. Woodbury
  66. June 6, 1921· cited 64×
    Harris v. District of Columbia
  67. January 17, 1921· cited 64×
    Pere Marquette Railway Co. v. J. F. French & Co.
  68. June 6, 1921· cited 63×
    KANS. CITY SO. RY. v. Road Imp. Dist. No. 6
  69. April 11, 1921· cited 63×
    Minnesota Ex Rel. Whipple v. Martinson
  70. November 8, 1920· cited 63×
    Wells Brothers Co. of NY v. United States
  71. December 6, 1920· cited 62×
    Bothwell v. United States
  72. February 28, 1921· cited 60×
    Baender v. Barnett
  73. March 28, 1921· cited 59×
    Walsh v. Brewster
  74. June 1, 1921· cited 57×
    Ex Parte State of New York, No. 2
  75. May 16, 1921· cited 55×
    Blanset v. Cardin
  76. November 15, 1920· cited 54×
    Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance v. Johnson
  77. June 6, 1921· cited 52×
    Kansas City Southern Railway Co. v. Road Improvement District Number 6 of Little River
  78. November 8, 1920· cited 51×
    Pryor v. Williams
  79. June 1, 1921· cited 50×
    Bethlehem Motors Corp. v. Flynt
  80. November 15, 1920· cited 47×
    Harris v. Bell
  81. April 11, 1921· cited 44×
    Southern Iowa Electric Co. v. City of Chariton
  82. June 1, 1921· cited 43×
    United States v. Hutto
  83. January 17, 1921· cited 43×
    Director General of Railroads v. Viscose Co.
  84. December 6, 1920· cited 43×
    Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. Des Moines Union Railway Co.
  85. May 16, 1921· cited 42×
    Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co. v. Polk
  86. April 11, 1921· cited 41×
    Baldwin Co. v. R. S. Howard Co.
  87. June 1, 1921· cited 40×
    Michigan Central Railroad v. Mark Owen & Co.
  88. March 7, 1921· cited 40×
    Payne v. New Mexico
  89. April 11, 1921· cited 39×
    City of San Antonio v. San Antonio Public Service Co.
  90. April 11, 1921· cited 37×
    Miller & Lux, Inc. v. Sacramento & San Joaquin Drainage District
  91. April 18, 1921· cited 36×
    Privett v. United States
  92. February 28, 1921· cited 35×
    Ex parte Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.
  93. February 28, 1921· cited 35×
    Ex Parte Chicago, RI & Pac. Ry.
  94. April 25, 1921· cited 34×
    Nickel v. Cole
  95. December 13, 1920· cited 34×
    United States Ex Rel. Hall v. Payne
  96. November 8, 1920· cited 34×
    Turner v. Wade
  97. December 6, 1920· cited 33×
    Chicago & C. Ry. v. DES MOINES & C. RY
  98. December 6, 1920· cited 31×
    Sampliner v. Motion Picture Patents Co.
  99. May 16, 1921· cited 29×
    United States v. Aetna Explosives Co.
  100. May 16, 1921· cited 29×
    Krichman v. United States

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