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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1936

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1936 (October 1, 1936 to September 30, 1937), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 277 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (277 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. December 7, 1936· cited 5,442×
    Landis v. North American Co.
  2. March 1, 1937· cited 3,033×
    Aetna Life Insurance v. Haworth
  3. November 9, 1936· cited 2,167×
    Gully v. First Nat. Bank in Meridian
  4. April 12, 1937· cited 2,059×
    National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.
  5. March 29, 1937· cited 1,073×
    Virginian Railway Co. v. System Federation No. 40
  6. March 29, 1937· cited 943×
    West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish
  7. May 24, 1937· cited 904×
    Carmichael v. Southern Coal & Coke Co.
  8. January 4, 1937· cited 831×
    De Jonge v. Oregon
  9. December 21, 1936· cited 830×
    United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp.
  10. February 1, 1937· cited 810×
    Blair v. Commissioner
  11. May 24, 1937· cited 740×
    Steward MacHine Co. v. Davis
  12. April 26, 1937· cited 712×
    Ohio Bell Telephone Co. v. Public Utilities Commission
  13. May 17, 1937· cited 556×
    Lindsey v. Washington
  14. May 17, 1937· cited 531×
    Aetna Insurance v. Kennedy Ex Rel. Bogash
  15. December 7, 1936· cited 521×
    United States v. Wood
  16. June 1, 1937· cited 473×
    Helvering v. Davis
  17. March 29, 1937· cited 429×
    Henneford v. Silas Mason Co.
  18. December 14, 1936· cited 428×
    KVOS, Inc. v. Associated Press
  19. April 26, 1937· cited 420×
    Herndon v. Lowry
  20. May 24, 1937· cited 385×
    Stone v. White
  21. April 5, 1937· cited 381×
    District of Columbia v. Clawans
  22. April 12, 1937· cited 361×
    Associated Press v. National Labor Relations Board
  23. December 7, 1936· cited 349×
    Old Dearborn Distributing Co. v. Seagram-Distillers Corp.
  24. March 29, 1937· cited 346×
    Wright v. Vinton Branch of Mountain Trust Bank of Roanoke
  25. May 3, 1937· cited 335×
    United States v. Belmont
  26. May 24, 1937· cited 317×
    Senn v. Tile Layers Protective Union
  27. May 17, 1937· cited 285×
    Anniston Manufacturing Co. v. Davis
  28. March 29, 1937· cited 275×
    Helvering v. Tex-Penn Oil Co.
  29. June 1, 1937· cited 253×
    Thomas v. Perkins
  30. March 29, 1937· cited 242×
    Sonzinsky v. United States
  31. February 1, 1937· cited 231×
    Thompson v. Consolidated Gas Utilities Corp.
  32. November 9, 1936· cited 226×
    State Bd. of Equalization of Cal. v. Young's Market Co.
  33. February 1, 1937· cited 223×
    Wayne United Gas Co. v. Owens-Illinois Glass Co.
  34. February 1, 1937· cited 219×
    Morley Construction Co. v. Maryland Casualty Co.
  35. December 7, 1936· cited 218×
    American Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. United States
  36. March 29, 1937· cited 217×
    Highland Farms Dairy, Inc. v. Agnew
  37. March 1, 1937· cited 213×
    New York Ex Rel. Cohn v. Graves
  38. March 1, 1937· cited 210×
    Swayne & Hoyt, Ltd. v. United States
  39. January 4, 1937· cited 193×
    Shoshone Tribe of Indians v. United States
  40. April 26, 1937· cited 191×
    Boseman v. Connecticut General Life Insurance
  41. March 1, 1937· cited 190×
    Van Beeck v. Sabine Towing Co.
  42. May 17, 1937· cited 189×
    Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. Grosjean
  43. November 9, 1936· cited 188×
    Valentine v. United States Ex Rel. Neidecker
  44. April 26, 1937· cited 178×
    Mumm v. Jacob E. Decker & Sons
  45. January 4, 1937· cited 175×
    Employers Reinsurance Corp. v. Bryant
  46. December 14, 1936· cited 175×
    Duke Power Co. v. Greenwood County
  47. February 1, 1937· cited 173×
    American Life Insurance v. Stewart
  48. February 1, 1937· cited 166×
    Ickes v. Fox
  49. November 9, 1936· cited 163×
    Fox v. Capital Co.
  50. January 4, 1937· cited 162×
    Kuehner v. Irving Trust Co.
  51. February 15, 1937· cited 160×
    Helvering v. Midland Mutual Life Insurance
  52. March 29, 1937· cited 159×
    Martin v. National Surety Co.
  53. March 15, 1937· cited 150×
    Brush v. Commissioner
  54. May 3, 1937· cited 144×
    Cincinnati Soap Co. v. United States
  55. May 24, 1937· cited 135×
    United States Ex Rel. Girard Trust Co. v. Helvering
  56. November 9, 1936· cited 133×
    Foust v. Munson Steamship Lines
  57. December 7, 1936· cited 130×
    United States v. Resnick
  58. November 9, 1936· cited 116×
    Tennessee Publishing Co. v. American National Bank
  59. January 11, 1937· cited 114×
    United States v. Hudson
  60. December 7, 1936· cited 114×
    Pufahl v. Estate of Parks
  61. May 24, 1937· cited 112×
    Townsend v. Yeomans
  62. January 4, 1937· cited 110×
    Kentucky Whip & Collar Co. v. Illinois Central Railroad
  63. April 12, 1937· cited 109×
    Washington, Virginia & Maryland Coach Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
  64. December 7, 1936· cited 108×
    John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance v. Yates
  65. February 1, 1937· cited 107×
    Elmhurst Cemetery Co. of Joliet v. Commissioner
  66. November 9, 1936· cited 107×
    Southeastern Express Co. v. Pastime Amusement Co.
  67. April 26, 1937· cited 106×
    Smith v. Hall
  68. April 26, 1937· cited 105×
    Steelman v. All Continent Corp.
  69. May 24, 1937· cited 104×
    Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Insurance v. Harrison
  70. February 1, 1937· cited 98×
    Cummings v. Deutsche Bank Und Discontogesellschaft
  71. April 12, 1937· cited 97×
    National Labor Relations Board v. Friedman-Harry Marks Clothing Co.
  72. March 29, 1937· cited 96×
    Dugas v. American Surety Co.
  73. February 1, 1937· cited 95×
    United States v. Giles
  74. January 4, 1937· cited 95×
    New York Ex Rel. Rogers v. Graves
  75. March 1, 1937· cited 94×
    Phelps v. Board of Ed. of West New York
  76. March 1, 1937· cited 94×
    Lawrence v. Shaw
  77. November 9, 1936· cited 92×
    Missouri v. Ross
  78. April 26, 1937· cited 89×
    First Bank Stock Corp. v. Minnesota
  79. February 1, 1937· cited 88×
    Isbrandtsen-Moller Co. v. United States
  80. March 1, 1937· cited 85×
    Powell v. United States
  81. March 29, 1937· cited 81×
    Stroehmann v. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of NY
  82. February 1, 1937· cited 81×
    Richmond Mortgage & Loan Corp. v. Wachovia Bank & Trust Co.
  83. October 21, 1936· cited 81×
    Bassick Mfg. Co. v. RM Hollingshead Co.
  84. April 26, 1937· cited 78×
    Bourjois, Inc. v. Chapman
  85. November 9, 1936· cited 78×
    In Re 620 Church Street Building Corp.
  86. January 4, 1937· cited 77×
    City Bank Farmers Trust Co. v. Irving Trust Co.
  87. October 12, 1936· cited 74×
    Woolsey v. Best
  88. May 17, 1937· cited 73×
    A. A. Lewis & Co. v. Commissioner
  89. April 12, 1937· cited 73×
    National Labor Relations Board v. Fruehauf Trailer Co.
  90. March 29, 1937· cited 73×
    Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Scarlett
  91. February 1, 1937· cited 73×
    Osaka Shosen Kaisha Line v. United States
  92. March 1, 1937· cited 72×
    Founders General Corp. v. Hoey
  93. February 1, 1937· cited 72×
    Honeyman v. Hanan
  94. April 26, 1937· cited 71×
    Southern Natural Gas Corp. v. Alabama
  95. March 29, 1937· cited 70×
    Sumi v. Young
  96. December 7, 1936· cited 69×
    Schafer v. Helvering
  97. May 17, 1937· cited 61×
    Chippewa Indians of Minn. v. United States
  98. November 9, 1936· cited 60×
    Bourdieu v. Pacific Western Oil Co.
  99. November 9, 1936· cited 59×
    Mechanics Universal Joint Co. v. Culhane
  100. March 1, 1937· cited 58×
    Ingels v. Morf

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