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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1932

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1932 (October 1, 1932 to September 30, 1933), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 355 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (355 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. November 7, 1932· cited 4,979×
    Powell v. Alabama
  2. December 19, 1932· cited 1,793×
    Sorrells v. United States
  3. November 7, 1932· cited 980×
    Burnet v. Harmel
  4. May 29, 1933· cited 943×
    Quercia v. United States
  5. December 5, 1932· cited 855×
    Great Northern Railway Co. v. Sunburst Oil & Refining Co.
  6. April 17, 1933· cited 808×
    Hurn v. Oursler
  7. March 13, 1933· cited 738×
    Clark v. United States
  8. February 6, 1933· cited 734×
    Norwegian Nitrogen Products Co. v. United States
  9. December 5, 1932· cited 657×
    Sgro v. United States
  10. December 19, 1932· cited 539×
    Palmer v. Bender
  11. May 29, 1933· cited 465×
    Johnson v. Manhattan Railway Co.
  12. January 9, 1933· cited 444×
    United States v. Memphis Cotton Oil Co.
  13. May 29, 1933· cited 436×
    Tait v. Western Maryland Railway Co.
  14. December 12, 1932· cited 433×
    Cortes v. Baltimore Insular Line, Inc.
  15. February 13, 1933· cited 425×
    Pennsylvania Railroad v. Chamberlain
  16. April 10, 1933· cited 405×
    Levering & Garrigues Co. v. Morrin
  17. March 13, 1933· cited 395×
    Williams v. Mayor of Baltimore
  18. January 9, 1933· cited 390×
    Pinellas Ice & Cold Storage Co. v. Commissioner
  19. December 12, 1932· cited 387×
    Burnet v. Clark
  20. December 12, 1932· cited 368×
    Sterling v. Constantin
  21. November 14, 1932· cited 362×
    American Surety Co. v. Baldwin
  22. January 9, 1933· cited 354×
    Fairmount Glass Works v. Cub Fork Coal Co.
  23. February 6, 1933· cited 348×
    Burnet v. Guggenheim
  24. May 29, 1933· cited 341×
    Burnet v. Wells
  25. May 8, 1933· cited 338×
    Federal Radio Comm'n v. Nelson Brothers Bond & Mortgage Co. (Station WIBO)
  26. May 8, 1933· cited 304×
    George Moore Ice Cream Co. v. Rose
  27. May 8, 1933· cited 303×
    Los Angeles Gas & Electric Corp. v. Railroad Commission
  28. December 12, 1932· cited 303×
    Burnet v. Commonwealth Improvement Co.
  29. February 6, 1933· cited 291×
    Nashville, C. & St. LR Co. v. Wallace
  30. December 12, 1932· cited 288×
    Dalton v. Bowers
  31. March 13, 1933· cited 277×
    Appalachian Coals, Inc. v. United States
  32. November 7, 1932· cited 268×
    New York Central Securities Corporation v. United States
  33. December 5, 1932· cited 267×
    Stephenson v. Binford
  34. March 13, 1933· cited 251×
    Porter v. Commissioner
  35. May 29, 1933· cited 248×
    O'Donoghue v. United States
  36. February 6, 1933· cited 247×
    Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Wallace
  37. November 7, 1932· cited 247×
    United States v. Shreveport Grain & Elevator Co.
  38. November 7, 1932· cited 242×
    Gebardi v. United States
  39. April 10, 1933· cited 236×
    United States v. Dubilier Condenser Corp
  40. March 13, 1933· cited 236×
    Puerto Rico v. Russell & Co.
  41. May 29, 1933· cited 220×
    Sinclair Refining Co. v. Jenkins Petroleum Process Co.
  42. December 5, 1932· cited 207×
    Murphy Oil Co. v. Burnet
  43. January 23, 1933· cited 205×
    Rogers v. Guaranty Trust Co.
  44. May 8, 1933· cited 197×
    Harrisonville v. W. S. Dickey Clay Manufacturing Co.
  45. March 13, 1933· cited 197×
    Anderson v. Wilson
  46. March 13, 1933· cited 195×
    Louis K. Liggett Co. v. Lee
  47. December 5, 1932· cited 194×
    Bankers Pocahontas Coal Co. v. Burnet
  48. April 10, 1933· cited 193×
    Reinecke v. Smith
  49. February 6, 1933· cited 192×
    Voehl v. Indemnity Insurance Co. of North America
  50. January 9, 1933· cited 188×
    Hawks v. Hamill
  51. December 19, 1932· cited 185×
    General Electric Co. v. Marvel Rare Metals Co.
  52. November 7, 1932· cited 182×
    Schoenthal v. Irving Trust Co.
  53. January 23, 1933· cited 181×
    Cook v. United States
  54. February 6, 1933· cited 176×
    New York v. MacLay
  55. March 13, 1933· cited 162×
    United States v. Dakota-Montana Oil Co.
  56. May 22, 1933· cited 157×
    South Carolina v. Bailey
  57. December 5, 1932· cited 153×
    Shapiro v. Wilgus
  58. April 24, 1933· cited 147×
    Young v. Masci
  59. May 29, 1933· cited 143×
    Rogers v. Hill
  60. May 8, 1933· cited 140×
    Gross v. Irving Trust Co.
  61. March 20, 1933· cited 135×
    Board of Trustees of Univ. of Ill. v. United States
  62. February 6, 1933· cited 132×
    Miller v. Aderhold
  63. December 5, 1932· cited 128×
    Sun Oil Co. v. Dalzell Towing Co.
  64. February 6, 1933· cited 127×
    Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance v. United States
  65. May 22, 1933· cited 126×
    United States Ex Rel. Volpe v. Smith
  66. March 13, 1933· cited 126×
    Bemis Bro. Bag Co. v. United States
  67. May 8, 1933· cited 121×
    United States Ex Rel. Greathouse v. Dern
  68. March 13, 1933· cited 119×
    Burnet v. Brooks
  69. December 5, 1932· cited 115×
    Reichelderfer v. Quinn
  70. April 17, 1933· cited 108×
    Edelman v. Boeing Air Transport, Inc.
  71. December 5, 1932· cited 106×
    Lloyd Sabaudo Societa Anonima Per Azioni v. Elting
  72. January 9, 1933· cited 104×
    United States v. Henry Prentiss & Co.
  73. November 7, 1932· cited 104×
    Grau v. United States
  74. May 8, 1933· cited 102×
    Interstate Commerce Commission v. United States Ex Rel. Campbell
  75. December 5, 1932· cited 101×
    Costanzo v. Tillinghast
  76. January 9, 1933· cited 98×
    United States v. Factors & Finance Co.
  77. November 7, 1932· cited 96×
    Mosher v. City of Phoenix
  78. April 10, 1933· cited 94×
    Buffum v. Peter Barceloux Co.
  79. January 9, 1933· cited 94×
    Interstate Commerce Commission v. Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation
  80. October 18, 1932· cited 94×
    Wood v. Broom
  81. April 10, 1933· cited 93×
    Bradley v. Public Util. Comm'n of Ohio
  82. February 6, 1933· cited 93×
    Federal Trade Commission v. Royal Milling Co.
  83. February 13, 1933· cited 92×
    New York v. Irving Trust Co.
  84. November 14, 1932· cited 92×
    Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal v. United States
  85. March 13, 1933· cited 91×
    Burnet v. S. & L. Building Corp.
  86. May 8, 1933· cited 90×
    Washington Ex Rel. Bond & Goodwin & Tucker, Inc. v. Superior Court of Wash. for Spokane Cty.
  87. April 10, 1933· cited 90×
    Consolidated Textile Corp. v. Gregory
  88. January 9, 1933· cited 90×
    Burnet v. Aluminum Goods Manufacturing Co.
  89. May 29, 1933· cited 84×
    Conrad, Rubin & Lesser v. Pender
  90. May 29, 1933· cited 81×
    Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. United States
  91. May 8, 1933· cited 81×
    Mintz v. Baldwin
  92. December 19, 1932· cited 81×
    Southern Pacific Co. v. United States
  93. January 9, 1933· cited 79×
    Aetna Life Insurance v. Moses
  94. April 10, 1933· cited 77×
    Rossi v. United States
  95. March 13, 1933· cited 76×
    United States v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.
  96. November 21, 1932· cited 75×
    Interstate Commerce Commission v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
  97. January 9, 1933· cited 72×
    American Surety Co. of NY v. Marotta
  98. February 6, 1933· cited 71×
    Burnet v. Huff
  99. February 6, 1933· cited 69×
    Anglo-Chilean Nitrate Sales Corp. v. Alabama
  100. May 8, 1933· cited 68×
    American Car & Foundry Co. v. Brassert

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