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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1935

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1935 (October 1, 1935 to September 30, 1936), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 379 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (379 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. May 18, 1936· cited 4,144×
    McNutt v. General Motors Acceptance Corp.
  2. February 17, 1936· cited 3,147×
    Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority
  3. February 3, 1936· cited 1,580×
    United States v. Atkinson
  4. February 17, 1936· cited 960×
    Brown v. Mississippi
  5. February 10, 1936· cited 923×
    Grosjean v. American Press Co.
  6. January 6, 1936· cited 823×
    United States v. Butler
  7. May 18, 1936· cited 680×
    Carter v. Carter Coal Co.
  8. February 3, 1936· cited 555×
    Manhattan General Equipment Co. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
  9. December 16, 1935· cited 526×
    Morrissey v. Commissioner
  10. January 6, 1936· cited 497×
    Posadas v. National City Bank
  11. April 27, 1936· cited 469×
    St. Joseph Stock Yards Co. v. United States
  12. November 11, 1935· cited 463×
    Douglas v. Willcuts
  13. December 9, 1935· cited 351×
    Milwaukee County v. M. E. White Co.
  14. May 18, 1936· cited 302×
    Hill v. United States Ex Rel. Wampler
  15. May 18, 1936· cited 298×
    Koshland v. Helvering
  16. November 18, 1935· cited 296×
    Pacific States Box & Basket Co. v. White
  17. January 6, 1936· cited 288×
    United States v. Bank of New York & Trust Co.
  18. February 3, 1936· cited 282×
    Gooch v. United States
  19. May 18, 1936· cited 262×
    United States v. Corrick
  20. April 6, 1936· cited 262×
    Jones v. Securities & Exchange Commission
  21. December 9, 1935· cited 255×
    General Utilities & Operating Co. v. Helvering
  22. December 9, 1935· cited 239×
    Del Vecchio v. Bowers
  23. December 16, 1935· cited 232×
    Helvering v. Coleman-Gilbert Associates
  24. November 11, 1935· cited 232×
    Helvering v. City Bank Farmers Trust Co.
  25. November 11, 1935· cited 204×
    Helvering v. St. Louis Union Trust Co.
  26. April 27, 1936· cited 203×
    The Arizona v. Anelich
  27. May 18, 1936· cited 200×
    McCandless v. United States
  28. December 9, 1935· cited 197×
    Fox Film Corp. v. Muller
  29. January 6, 1936· cited 195×
    United States v. Safety Car Heating & Lighting Co.
  30. December 16, 1935· cited 195×
    Helvering v. Minnesota Tea Co.
  31. December 9, 1935· cited 195×
    Alexander v. Hillman
  32. November 11, 1935· cited 194×
    Borax Consolidated, Ltd. v. Los Angeles
  33. March 30, 1936· cited 184×
    Triplett v. Lowell
  34. December 16, 1935· cited 178×
    Colgate v. Harvey
  35. November 11, 1935· cited 176×
    Becker v. St. Louis Union Trust Co.
  36. January 13, 1936· cited 167×
    Helvering v. Salvage
  37. November 11, 1935· cited 167×
    Di Giovanni v. Camden Fire Insurance
  38. February 3, 1936· cited 166×
    Dismuke v. United States
  39. April 27, 1936· cited 165×
    International Business MacHines Corp. v. United States
  40. May 18, 1936· cited 164×
    Wheeling Steel Corp. v. Fox
  41. March 2, 1936· cited 164×
    Helvering v. San Joaquin Fruit & Investment Co.
  42. December 16, 1935· cited 162×
    Swanson v. Commissioner
  43. February 10, 1936· cited 160×
    Palmer Clay Products Co. v. Brown
  44. March 30, 1936· cited 157×
    Sugar Institute, Inc. v. United States
  45. December 16, 1935· cited 154×
    Hill v. Martin
  46. December 16, 1935· cited 151×
    Helvering v. Combs
  47. March 30, 1936· cited 149×
    New York Life Insurance v. Viglas
  48. November 11, 1935· cited 146×
    McFeely v. Commissioner
  49. November 11, 1935· cited 146×
    Helvering v. Helmholz
  50. December 9, 1935· cited 142×
    United States v. Constantine
  51. February 3, 1936· cited 135×
    Great Northern Railway Co. v. Weeks
  52. March 2, 1936· cited 121×
    Bayside Fish Flour Co. v. Gentry
  53. March 2, 1936· cited 114×
    Whitfield v. Ohio
  54. February 3, 1936· cited 113×
    Duparquet Huot & Moneuse Co. v. Evans
  55. December 16, 1935· cited 110×
    John A. Nelson Co. v. Helvering
  56. February 10, 1936· cited 106×
    BORDEN’S FARM PRODUCTS CO., INC. v. TEN EYCK, COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE & MARKETS OF NEW YORK, Et Al.
  57. November 11, 1935· cited 106×
    Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc. v. United States
  58. June 1, 1936· cited 104×
    Morehead v. New York Ex Rel. Tipaldo
  59. November 11, 1935· cited 104×
    McCandless v. Furlaud
  60. February 3, 1936· cited 99×
    Treigle v. Acme Homestead Assn.
  61. November 11, 1935· cited 99×
    White v. Poor
  62. March 30, 1936· cited 98×
    Fisher's Blend Station, Inc. v. State Tax Commission
  63. December 9, 1935· cited 96×
    Bingham v. United States
  64. March 30, 1936· cited 95×
    Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. North Carolina Ex Rel. Maxwell
  65. March 30, 1936· cited 93×
    Commonwealth Trust Co. of Pittsburgh v. Bradford
  66. April 27, 1936· cited 92×
    Lowden v. Northwestern National Bank & Trust Co.
  67. December 9, 1935· cited 92×
    Clyde Mallory Lines v. Alabama Ex Rel. State Docks Commission
  68. May 18, 1936· cited 91×
    Morf v. Bingaman
  69. November 11, 1935· cited 91×
    American Surety Co. v. Westinghouse Electric Manufacturing Co.
  70. December 9, 1935· cited 87×
    Hulburd v. Commissioner
  71. March 2, 1936· cited 86×
    Southern Railway Co. v. Lunsford
  72. February 10, 1936· cited 85×
    Mayflower Farms, Inc. v. Ten Eyck
  73. May 18, 1936· cited 84×
    Duplate Corp. v. Triplex Safety Glass Co.
  74. December 9, 1935· cited 84×
    Hopkins Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Cleary
  75. April 27, 1936· cited 83×
    Beadle v. Spencer
  76. April 27, 1936· cited 78×
    Zimmern v. United States
  77. December 16, 1935· cited 75×
    Helvering v. Watts
  78. January 13, 1936· cited 74×
    Rickert Rice Mills, Inc. v. Fontenot
  79. November 11, 1935· cited 71×
    Chandler & Price Co. v. Brandtjen & Kluge, Inc.
  80. November 11, 1935· cited 70×
    Becker Steel Co. of America v. Cummings
  81. May 18, 1936· cited 69×
    Graves v. Texas Co.
  82. February 3, 1936· cited 66×
    Baltimore National Bank v. State Tax Commission
  83. January 6, 1936· cited 66×
    US Trust Co. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
  84. December 9, 1935· cited 64×
    Helvering v. Blumenthal
  85. March 2, 1936· cited 63×
    Wine Railway Appliance Co. v. Enterprise Railway Equipment Co.
  86. January 6, 1936· cited 62×
    Chapman v. Hoage
  87. May 25, 1936· cited 61×
    United States v. Knott
  88. March 2, 1936· cited 57×
    Terminal Warehouse Co. v. Pennsylvania Railroad
  89. March 2, 1936· cited 57×
    Matson Nav. Co. v. State Bd. of Equalization of Cal.
  90. May 18, 1936· cited 56×
    Premier-Pabst Sales Co. v. Grosscup
  91. April 27, 1936· cited 56×
    Tipton v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.
  92. March 2, 1936· cited 56×
    Callaghan v. Reconstruction Finance Corporation
  93. April 27, 1936· cited 54×
    United States v. Idaho
  94. December 9, 1935· cited 54×
    Helvering v. Schweitzer
  95. December 9, 1935· cited 53×
    Industrial Trust Co. v. United States
  96. May 18, 1936· cited 52×
    Acker v. United States
  97. May 18, 1936· cited 50×
    Bassick Manufacturing Co. v. R. M. Hollingshead Co.
  98. March 16, 1936· cited 50×
    Great Western Power Co. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
  99. December 16, 1935· cited 50×
    Bus & Transport Securities Corp. v. Helvering, Commissioner of Internal Revenue
  100. January 6, 1936· cited 49×
    Public Serv. Comm'n of PR v. Havemeyer

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