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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1927

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1927 (October 1, 1927 to September 30, 1928), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 268 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (268 with at least one citation, 0 with a syllabus, counted separately); up to 100 of them, ordered by citation count, are listed below.

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  1. June 4, 1928· cited 2,291×
    Olmstead v. United States
  2. November 21, 1927· cited 1,400×
    Marron v. United States
  3. April 9, 1928· cited 843×
    J. W. Hampton, Jr., & Co. v. United States
  4. May 14, 1928· cited 562×
    Nectow v. City of Cambridge
  5. February 20, 1928· cited 544×
    Kornhauser v. United States
  6. December 12, 1927· cited 452×
    Robins Dry Dock & Repair Co. v. Flint
  7. February 20, 1928· cited 437×
    Wuchter v. Pizzutti
  8. November 21, 1927· cited 432×
    Blodgett v. Holden
  9. June 4, 1928· cited 411×
    National Life Insurance v. United States
  10. March 19, 1928· cited 410×
    Swift & Co. v. United States
  11. May 14, 1928· cited 402×
    Springer v. Government of Philippine Islands
  12. April 30, 1928· cited 397×
    Louisville Gas & Electric Co. v. Coleman
  13. May 21, 1928· cited 362×
    Stipcich v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
  14. February 20, 1928· cited 299×
    Miller v. Schoene
  15. November 21, 1927· cited 295×
    Wickwire v. Reinecke
  16. November 21, 1927· cited 291×
    Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. Goodman
  17. May 14, 1928· cited 287×
    Panhandle Oil Co. v. Mississippi Ex Rel. Knox
  18. April 9, 1928· cited 255×
    Untermyer v. Anderson
  19. April 16, 1928· cited 249×
    Blodgett v. Silberman
  20. January 3, 1928· cited 243×
    Richmond Screw Anchor Co. v. United States
  21. January 3, 1928· cited 238×
    Gambino v. United States
  22. November 21, 1927· cited 237×
    Tucker v. Alexander
  23. April 9, 1928· cited 231×
    Corona Cord Tire Co. v. Dovan Chemical Corp.
  24. January 3, 1928· cited 228×
    United States v. Murray
  25. April 9, 1928· cited 223×
    Black & White Taxicab & Transfer Co. v. Brown & Yellow Taxicab & Transfer Co.
  26. December 5, 1927· cited 223×
    Standard Oil Co. v. City of Lincoln
  27. February 20, 1928· cited 222×
    Saltonstall v. Saltonstall
  28. May 14, 1928· cited 217×
    Sprout v. South Bend
  29. February 20, 1928· cited 211×
    Harkin v. Brundage
  30. April 9, 1928· cited 208×
    Humes v. United States
  31. April 9, 1928· cited 208×
    Casey v. United States
  32. February 20, 1928· cited 208×
    Bountiful Brick Co. v. Giles
  33. February 20, 1928· cited 205×
    Hellmich v. Hellman
  34. May 28, 1928· cited 192×
    Quaker City Cab Co. v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
  35. November 21, 1927· cited 177×
    Blair v. Oesterlein MacHine Co.
  36. February 20, 1928· cited 170×
    Toledo, St. Louis & Western Railroad v. Allen
  37. May 14, 1928· cited 169×
    Gaines v. Washington
  38. November 21, 1927· cited 167×
    Lewellyn v. Electric Reduction Co.
  39. June 4, 1928· cited 164×
    Williamsport Wire Rope Co. v. United States
  40. February 20, 1928· cited 161×
    United States v. Magnolia Petroleum Co.
  41. April 9, 1928· cited 151×
    Heiner v. Tindle
  42. November 21, 1927· cited 149×
    Segurola v. United States
  43. January 3, 1928· cited 146×
    Temco Electric Motor Co. v. Apco Manufacturing Co.
  44. February 20, 1928· cited 145×
    Interstate Busses Corp. v. Blodgett
  45. October 10, 1927· cited 145×
    Mammoth Oil Co. v. United States
  46. May 28, 1928· cited 144×
    Ribnik v. McBride
  47. June 4, 1928· cited 143×
    Ex Parte Collins
  48. January 3, 1928· cited 141×
    Roche v. McDonald
  49. February 20, 1928· cited 140×
    T. Smith & Son, Inc. v. Taylor
  50. December 5, 1927· cited 131×
    Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Standard Oil Co. of Kentucky
  51. November 21, 1927· cited 124×
    Compañia General De Tabacos De Filipinas v. Collector of Internal Revenue
  52. November 21, 1927· cited 118×
    Heiner v. Colonial Trust Co.
  53. May 21, 1928· cited 117×
    Willing v. Chicago Auditorium Assn.
  54. May 14, 1928· cited 115×
    Holland Furniture Co. v. Perkins Glue Co.
  55. April 30, 1928· cited 112×
    Coffin Brothers & Co. v. Bennett
  56. February 20, 1928· cited 112×
    People of Sioux County v. National Surety Co.
  57. April 9, 1928· cited 109×
    City of New Brunswick v. United States
  58. May 14, 1928· cited 107×
    Dugan v. Ohio
  59. October 24, 1927· cited 102×
    Smallwood v. Gallardo
  60. April 9, 1928· cited 101×
    Montana National Bank v. Yellowstone County of Montana
  61. November 21, 1927· cited 100×
    Willcuts v. Milton Dairy Co.
  62. February 20, 1928· cited 99×
    Liberty Warehouse Co. v. Burley Tobacco Growers' Co-Operative Marketing Assn.
  63. February 20, 1928· cited 99×
    Linstead v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.
  64. January 3, 1928· cited 91×
    Aetna Insurance v. Hyde
  65. November 21, 1927· cited 91×
    Steele v. Drummond
  66. May 14, 1928· cited 88×
    Plamals v. S. S. \Pinar Del Rio\
  67. April 9, 1928· cited 88×
    Nigro v. United States
  68. May 28, 1928· cited 87×
    The Malcolm Baxter, Jr.
  69. November 21, 1927· cited 87×
    Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Moser
  70. April 9, 1928· cited 86×
    Shaw v. Gibson-Zahniser Oil Corp.
  71. January 3, 1928· cited 84×
    Missouri Pacific Railroad v. Aeby
  72. May 14, 1928· cited 82×
    Sprout v. City of South Bend
  73. November 21, 1927· cited 82×
    Mason v. Routzahn
  74. November 21, 1927· cited 79×
    Gong Lum v. Rice
  75. June 4, 1928· cited 78×
    Hemphill v. Orloff
  76. February 20, 1928· cited 73×
    Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad v. Town of Morristown
  77. November 21, 1927· cited 72×
    Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Wells-Dickey Trust Co.
  78. January 3, 1928· cited 71×
    Gulf, Mobile & Northern Railroad v. Wells
  79. January 3, 1928· cited 71×
    Hopkins v. Southern California Telephone Co.
  80. May 14, 1928· cited 70×
    City of Gainesville v. Brown-Crummer Investment Co.
  81. May 14, 1928· cited 68×
    Jenkins v. National Surety Co.
  82. April 9, 1928· cited 68×
    United States v. Manzi
  83. February 20, 1928· cited 68×
    United States Shipping Bd. Emergency Fleet Corporation v. Rosenberg Brothers & Co.
  84. January 3, 1928· cited 66×
    Emergency Fleet Corp. v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
  85. May 14, 1928· cited 65×
    United States v. Goldman
  86. February 20, 1928· cited 64×
    Brimstone Railroad & Canal Co. v. United States
  87. May 14, 1928· cited 61×
    King Manufacturing Co. v. City Council of Augusta
  88. April 9, 1928· cited 61×
    Alaska Packers Ass'n v. Industrial Accident Commission
  89. May 14, 1928· cited 60×
    Sultan Railway & Timber Co. v. Department of Labor & Industries
  90. October 10, 1927· cited 60×
    United States Ex Rel. Skinner & Eddy Corp. v. McCarl
  91. April 9, 1928· cited 58×
    Donnelley v. United States
  92. May 14, 1928· cited 57×
    Compania De Navegacion Interior, S. A. v. Fireman's Fund Insurance
  93. May 14, 1928· cited 56×
    Reinecke v. Gardner
  94. May 14, 1928· cited 54×
    L. P. Larson, Jr., Co. v. Wm. Wrigley, Jr., Co.
  95. March 12, 1928· cited 54×
    Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. United States
  96. March 19, 1928· cited 53×
    In Re Gilbert
  97. June 4, 1928· cited 52×
    Kinney-Coastal Oil Co. v. Kieffer
  98. April 9, 1928· cited 52×
    Texas & New Orleans Railroad v. Northside Belt Railway Co.
  99. April 9, 1928· cited 51×
    Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad v. Risty
  100. November 21, 1927· cited 49×
    Leach & Co. v. Peirson

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