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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1921

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1921 (October 1, 1921 to September 30, 1922), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 229 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (211 with at least one citation, 115 with a syllabus, counted separately); up to 100 of them, ordered by citation count, are listed below.

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  1. November 7, 1921· cited 809×
    Wilson v. Republic Iron & Steel Co.
  2. March 27, 1922· cited 605×
    United States v. Balint
  3. December 19, 1921· cited 592×
    Truax v. Corrigan
  4. March 27, 1922· cited 563×
    Ponzi v. Fessenden
  5. May 29, 1922· cited 530×
    Great Northern Railway Co. v. Merchants Elevator Co.
  6. May 29, 1922· cited 519×
    Ng Fung Ho v. White
  7. April 10, 1922· cited 478×
    Lambert Run Coal Co. v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
  8. June 5, 1922· cited 470×
    United Mine Workers v. Coronado Coal Co.
  9. May 1, 1922· cited 404×
    Stafford v. Wallace
  10. April 10, 1922· cited 387×
    Balzac v. Porto Rico
  11. December 12, 1921· cited 361×
    Dahnke-Walker Milling Co. v. Bondurant
  12. January 3, 1922· cited 343×
    Grant Smith-Porter Ship Co. v. Rohde
  13. May 15, 1922· cited 335×
    Hill v. Wallace
  14. May 15, 1922· cited 332×
    Child Labor Tax Case
  15. April 17, 1922· cited 322×
    United Shoe MacHinery Corp. v. United States
  16. May 29, 1922· cited 292×
    Collins v. Loisel
  17. January 3, 1922· cited 285×
    Federal Trade Commission v. Beech-Nut Packing Co.
  18. February 27, 1922· cited 248×
    John Simmons Co. v. Grier Brothers Co.
  19. May 1, 1922· cited 246×
    Sloan Shipyards Corp. v. United States Shipping Bd. Emergency Fleet Corporation
  20. May 1, 1922· cited 239×
    Shwab v. Doyle
  21. February 27, 1922· cited 225×
    Wisconsin RR Comm. v. C., B. & QRR CO.
  22. May 29, 1922· cited 220×
    State Industrial Comm'n of NY v. Nordenholt Corp.
  23. January 30, 1922· cited 217×
    Gillespie v. Oklahoma
  24. May 1, 1922· cited 214×
    Oklahoma v. Texas
  25. December 17, 1921· cited 208×
    Economy Light & Power Co. v. United States
  26. June 5, 1922· cited 207×
    Lipke v. Lederer
  27. April 10, 1922· cited 203×
    Galveston Electric Co. v. City of Galveston
  28. February 27, 1922· cited 197×
    Fairchild v. Hughes
  29. May 29, 1922· cited 195×
    Miles v. Safe Deposit & Trust Co. of Baltimore
  30. May 29, 1922· cited 189×
    Carlisle Packing Co. v. Sandanger
  31. February 27, 1922· cited 188×
    Lemke v. Farmers Grain Co. of Embden
  32. March 27, 1922· cited 185×
    Edgar A. Levy Leasing Co. v. Siegel
  33. May 29, 1922· cited 180×
    Federal Baseball Club of Baltimore, Inc. v. National League of Professional Baseball Clubs
  34. March 27, 1922· cited 169×
    United Zinc & Chemical Co. v. Britt
  35. March 6, 1922· cited 162×
    Newton v. Consolidated Gas Co. of NY
  36. February 27, 1922· cited 158×
    Terral v. Burke Construction Co.
  37. February 27, 1922· cited 155×
    Railroad Commission v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
  38. May 15, 1922· cited 149×
    Union Tool Co. v. Wilson
  39. May 1, 1922· cited 149×
    Federal Trade Commission v. Winsted Hosiery Co.
  40. February 27, 1922· cited 146×
    Crane v. Hahlo
  41. February 27, 1922· cited 139×
    Leser v. Garnett
  42. May 15, 1922· cited 134×
    Bailey, Collector of Internal Revenue v. George
  43. December 19, 1921· cited 133×
    American Column & Lumber Co. v. United States
  44. November 7, 1921· cited 125×
    Hildreth v. Mastoras
  45. February 27, 1922· cited 124×
    New Bedford Dry Dock Co. v. Purdy
  46. January 3, 1922· cited 118×
    The Western Maid
  47. June 5, 1922· cited 115×
    Wyoming v. Colorado
  48. April 10, 1922· cited 115×
    Forbes Pioneer Boat Line v. Board of Commissioners of Everglades Drainage District
  49. June 5, 1922· cited 112×
    Prudential Insurance Co. of America v. Cheek
  50. May 29, 1922· cited 111×
    Industrial Accident Comm'n of Cal. v. Davis
  51. April 24, 1922· cited 110×
    Texas Co. v. Brown
  52. January 9, 1922· cited 107×
    Davis v. Wallace
  53. March 6, 1922· cited 106×
    Texas v. Interstate Commerce Commission
  54. December 5, 1921· cited 106×
    Robert Mitchell Furniture Co. v. Selden Breck Construction Co.
  55. November 21, 1921· cited 105×
    Rockefeller v. United States
  56. April 10, 1922· cited 93×
    Exporters of Manufacturers' Products, Inc. v. Butterworth-Judson Co.
  57. February 27, 1922· cited 92×
    Commissioners of Road Improvement District No. 2 v. St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co.
  58. November 7, 1921· cited 92×
    Eberlein v. United States
  59. January 30, 1922· cited 91×
    International Railway Co. v. Davidson
  60. April 10, 1922· cited 89×
    Hump Hairpin Manufacturing Co. v. Emmerson
  61. May 15, 1922· cited 84×
    Heald v. District of Columbia
  62. March 20, 1922· cited 84×
    Irwin v. Wright
  63. May 29, 1922· cited 79×
    City of Houston v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.
  64. October 24, 1921· cited 78×
    Smietanka v. Indiana Steel Co.
  65. February 27, 1922· cited 77×
    Gooch v. Oregon Short Line Railroad
  66. November 7, 1921· cited 77×
    Norris v. United States
  67. December 12, 1921· cited 76×
    Curtis v. Connly
  68. April 17, 1922· cited 75×
    Dahn v. Davis
  69. May 29, 1922· cited 73×
    Continental Insurance v. United States
  70. December 12, 1921· cited 72×
    Eureka Pipe Line Co. v. Hallanan
  71. February 27, 1922· cited 71×
    Reed v. Director General of Railroads
  72. April 10, 1922· cited 70×
    Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. C. C. Whitnack Produce Co.
  73. December 5, 1921· cited 68×
    Central Railroad v. United States & Interstate Commerce Commission
  74. November 21, 1921· cited 68×
    John Horstmann Co. v. United States
  75. April 10, 1922· cited 67×
    Greiner v. Lewellyn
  76. February 27, 1922· cited 67×
    Leach v. Carlile
  77. March 20, 1922· cited 65×
    Texas v. Eastern Texas Railroad
  78. February 27, 1922· cited 65×
    Missouri Pacific Railroad v. Clarendon Boat Oar Co.
  79. April 10, 1922· cited 62×
    Collins v. McDonald
  80. May 15, 1922· cited 61×
    American Smelting and Refining Co. v. United States
  81. December 5, 1921· cited 59×
    Rafferty v. Smith, Bell & Co.
  82. June 5, 1922· cited 58×
    Ward & Gow v. Krinsky
  83. May 15, 1922· cited 57×
    Atherton Mills v. Johnston
  84. April 10, 1922· cited 57×
    Vigliotti v. Pennsylvania
  85. November 7, 1921· cited 57×
    Springfield Gas & Electric Co. v. City of Springfield
  86. April 10, 1922· cited 56×
    Essanay Film Manufacturing Co. v. Kane
  87. May 29, 1922· cited 55×
    United States v. Southern Pacific Co.
  88. December 5, 1921· cited 51×
    Hurley v. Commission of Fisheries of Va.
  89. May 1, 1922· cited 50×
    Knox v. McElligott
  90. March 13, 1922· cited 50×
    Atchafalaya Land Co. v. F. B. Williams Cypress Co.
  91. November 7, 1921· cited 50×
    Citizens Nat. Bank of Cincinnati v. Durr
  92. February 27, 1922· cited 49×
    Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad
  93. May 1, 1922· cited 48×
    Union Trust Co. of San Francisco v. Wardell
  94. November 7, 1921· cited 48×
    United States v. Janowitz
  95. May 15, 1922· cited 47×
    Ewert v. Bluejacket
  96. November 21, 1921· cited 47×
    Smietanka, Collector of Internal Revenue v. First Trust & Savings Bank
  97. November 7, 1921· cited 47×
    Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad v. City of Clarksdale
  98. May 15, 1922· cited 45×
    Pierce Oil Corp. v. Phoenix Refining Co.
  99. February 27, 1922· cited 45×
    Keokuk & Hamilton Bridge Co. v. Salm
  100. February 27, 1922· cited 44×
    Hawes v. Georgia

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