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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1931

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1931 (October 1, 1931 to September 30, 1932), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 282 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (282 with at least one citation, 1 with a syllabus, counted separately); up to 100 of them, ordered by citation count, are listed below.

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  1. December 11, 1931· cited 10,676×
    Blockburger v. United States
  2. February 23, 1932· cited 1,799×
    Crowell v. Benson
  3. January 11, 1932· cited 1,678×
    Dunn v. United States
  4. May 2, 1932· cited 1,171×
    United States v. Swift & Co.
  5. April 11, 1932· cited 954×
    Hagner v. United States
  6. May 23, 1932· cited 906×
    North American Oil Consolidated v. Burnet
  7. April 11, 1932· cited 761×
    United States v. Lefkowitz
  8. April 11, 1932· cited 745×
    Burnet v. Coronado Oil & Gas Co.
  9. May 23, 1932· cited 635×
    Atlantic Cleaners & Dyers, Inc. v. United States
  10. March 21, 1932· cited 589×
    New State Ice Co. v. Liebmann
  11. February 15, 1932· cited 576×
    Old Colony Railroad v. Commissioner
  12. November 2, 1931· cited 557×
    United States v. Kirby Lumber Co
  13. May 16, 1932· cited 528×
    Champlin Rfg. Co. v. Corporation Commission of Oklahoma
  14. January 4, 1932· cited 487×
    Lewis v. Reynolds
  15. May 23, 1932· cited 480×
    Sproles v. Binford
  16. February 15, 1932· cited 474×
    Matthews v. Rodgers
  17. February 15, 1932· cited 419×
    Miller v. Standard Nut Margarine Co. of Fla.
  18. March 21, 1932· cited 418×
    Heiner v. Donnan
  19. February 15, 1932· cited 403×
    Blackmer v. United States
  20. March 14, 1932· cited 378×
    D. Ginsberg & Sons, Inc. v. Popkin
  21. January 11, 1932· cited 360×
    Arizona Grocery Co. v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.
  22. March 14, 1932· cited 347×
    Burnet v. Leininger
  23. May 16, 1932· cited 336×
    Lawrence v. State Tax Comm'n of Miss.
  24. February 15, 1932· cited 313×
    Bergholm v. Peoria Life Ins. Co.
  25. November 2, 1931· cited 289×
    Moore v. Bay
  26. April 11, 1932· cited 285×
    Smiley v. Holm
  27. May 2, 1932· cited 274×
    Nixon v. Condon
  28. February 15, 1932· cited 269×
    Leman v. Krentler-Arnold Hinge Last Co.
  29. March 14, 1932· cited 268×
    Stevens v. the White City
  30. February 15, 1932· cited 259×
    United States Navigation Co. v. Cunard Steamship Co.
  31. January 4, 1932· cited 248×
    Iowa-Des Moines National Bank v. Bennett
  32. May 16, 1932· cited 246×
    Woolford Realty Co. v. Rose
  33. April 11, 1932· cited 240×
    Canada Malting Co. v. Paterson Steamships, Ltd.
  34. May 16, 1932· cited 237×
    Continental Tie & Lumber Co. v. United States
  35. November 23, 1931· cited 229×
    Mecom v. Fitzsimmons Drilling Co.
  36. May 16, 1932· cited 224×
    UTAH POWER & LIGHT CO. v. PFOST, COMMISSIONER OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, Et Al.
  37. January 4, 1932· cited 216×
    First Nat. Bank of Boston v. Maine
  38. May 16, 1932· cited 203×
    Reed v. Allen
  39. January 4, 1932· cited 194×
    Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. United States
  40. May 23, 1932· cited 187×
    Continental Baking Co. v. Woodring
  41. November 30, 1931· cited 187×
    Hoeper v. Tax Comm'n of Wis.
  42. May 16, 1932· cited 186×
    Bradford Electric Light Co. v. Clapper
  43. February 23, 1932· cited 185×
    Hurley v. Kincaid
  44. February 23, 1932· cited 182×
    Burnet v. Chicago Portrait Co.
  45. May 16, 1932· cited 180×
    Fox Film Corp. v. Doyal
  46. November 23, 1931· cited 174×
    Permutit Co. v. Graver Corp.
  47. April 11, 1932· cited 169×
    Spencer Kellogg & Sons, Inc. v. Hicks
  48. April 11, 1932· cited 166×
    Coombes v. Getz
  49. May 31, 1932· cited 160×
    Colorado v. Symes
  50. November 23, 1931· cited 160×
    Bandini Petroleum Co. v. Superior Court, Los Angeles Cty.
  51. May 31, 1932· cited 159×
    Gregg Dyeing Co. v. Query
  52. April 11, 1932· cited 156×
    United States v. Scharton
  53. November 23, 1931· cited 155×
    Cumberland Coal Co. v. Board of Revision of Tax Assessments in Greene Cty.
  54. November 23, 1931· cited 151×
    Hardware Dealers Mutual Fire Insurance v. Glidden Co.
  55. January 25, 1932· cited 146×
    Baltimore & Phila. Steamboat Co. v. Norton
  56. February 23, 1932· cited 144×
    Packer Corp. v. Utah
  57. December 7, 1931· cited 136×
    Van Huffel v. Harkelrode
  58. March 14, 1932· cited 134×
    Lamb v. Schmitt
  59. January 4, 1932· cited 133×
    Matson Navigation Co. v. United States
  60. May 31, 1932· cited 129×
    Porter v. Investors Syndicate
  61. May 23, 1932· cited 127×
    Ex Parte Green
  62. May 16, 1932· cited 121×
    Piedmont & Northern Railway Co. v. Interstate Commerce Commission
  63. May 16, 1932· cited 115×
    Michigan v. Michigan Trust Co.
  64. January 4, 1932· cited 115×
    Denton v. Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad
  65. April 11, 1932· cited 114×
    Pacific Co. v. Johnson
  66. November 23, 1931· cited 110×
    Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Kuhn
  67. March 14, 1932· cited 108×
    Lamb v. Cramer
  68. May 16, 1932· cited 107×
    MacDonald v. Plymouth County Trust Co.
  69. November 23, 1931· cited 107×
    Handy & Harman v. Burnet
  70. January 4, 1932· cited 104×
    Marine Transit Corp. v. Dreyfus
  71. November 23, 1931· cited 104×
    Chicago & North Western Railway Co. v. Bolle
  72. January 4, 1932· cited 99×
    Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad v. Industrial Commission
  73. February 15, 1932· cited 98×
    Singleton v. Cheek
  74. May 16, 1932· cited 92×
    Blakey v. Brinson
  75. January 4, 1932· cited 91×
    Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad v. Terte
  76. May 23, 1932· cited 81×
    Adams v. Mills
  77. March 14, 1932· cited 79×
    Eastern Air Transport, Inc. v. South Carolina Tax Commission
  78. February 15, 1932· cited 74×
    New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad v. Bezue
  79. January 4, 1932· cited 73×
    Hodge Drive-It-Yourself Co. v. Cincinnati
  80. March 14, 1932· cited 72×
    Bowers v. Lawyers Mortgage Co.
  81. May 16, 1932· cited 71×
    MacLaughlin v. Alliance Insurance
  82. May 2, 1932· cited 67×
    General Motors Acceptance Corp. v. United States
  83. February 29, 1932· cited 66×
    Western Distributing Co. v. Public Service Commission
  84. November 23, 1931· cited 63×
    Santovincenzo v. Egan
  85. May 16, 1932· cited 62×
    Planters Cotton Oil Co. v. Hopkins
  86. February 15, 1932· cited 58×
    Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. Co. v. Saxon
  87. February 15, 1932· cited 56×
    Stratton, Secretary of State of Illinois, v. St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co.
  88. November 23, 1931· cited 53×
    Phillips v. Dime Trust & Safe Deposit Co.
  89. February 15, 1932· cited 52×
    Lewis Et Al. v. Reynolds, Collector of Internal Revenue
  90. November 23, 1931· cited 50×
    Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. United States
  91. April 11, 1932· cited 47×
    Claiborne-Annapolis Ferry Co. v. United States
  92. May 16, 1932· cited 46×
    Texas & Pacific Ry. Co. v. United States
  93. February 15, 1932· cited 45×
    Central Pacific Railway Co. v. Alameda County
  94. November 23, 1931· cited 45×
    Sun Insurance Office v. Scott
  95. May 16, 1932· cited 43×
    Page v. Arkansas Natural Gas Corp.
  96. November 23, 1931· cited 43×
    Southern Railway Co. v. Walters
  97. November 23, 1931· cited 43×
    Western Pacific California Railroad v. Southern Pacific Co.
  98. February 15, 1932· cited 42×
    Realty Acceptance Corp. v. Montgomery
  99. February 15, 1932· cited 42×
    United States Ex Rel. Polymeris v. Trudell
  100. May 16, 1932· cited 41×
    Erie R. v. United States

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