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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1938

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1938 (October 1, 1938 to September 30, 1939), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 350 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (350 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 5, 1938· cited 12,026×
    Consolidated Edison Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
  2. June 5, 1939· cited 2,178×
    Haguer v. Committee for Industrial Organization
  3. March 27, 1939· cited 1,416×
    Lanzetta v. New Jersey
  4. April 24, 1939· cited 1,255×
    Sprague v. Ticonic National Bank
  5. December 19, 1938· cited 890×
    Stoll v. Gottlieb
  6. February 27, 1939· cited 828×
    National Labor Relations Board v. Columbian Enameling & Stamping Co.
  7. January 16, 1939· cited 698×
    Pullman Co. v. Jenkins
  8. February 13, 1939· cited 677×
    Interstate Circuit, Inc. v. United States
  9. June 5, 1939· cited 641×
    Coleman v. Miller
  10. April 17, 1939· cited 627×
    Rochester Telephone Corp. v. United States
  11. December 12, 1938· cited 625×
    Kellogg Co. v. National Biscuit Co.
  12. April 17, 1939· cited 623×
    Gibbs v. Buck
  13. December 5, 1938· cited 565×
    Lyeth v. Hoey
  14. January 3, 1939· cited 521×
    Princess Lida of Thurn and Taxis v. Thompson
  15. January 3, 1939· cited 519×
    Minnesota v. United States
  16. December 19, 1938· cited 505×
    Welch v. Henry
  17. January 30, 1939· cited 492×
    Bowen v. Johnston
  18. February 27, 1939· cited 490×
    Keifer & Keifer v. Reconstruction Finance Corp.
  19. June 5, 1939· cited 484×
    United States v. Rock Royal Co-Operative, Inc.
  20. May 22, 1939· cited 476×
    Lane v. Wilson
  21. March 27, 1939· cited 450×
    Graves v. New York Ex Rel. O'Keefe
  22. March 27, 1939· cited 448×
    TEXAS v. FLORIDA Et Al.
  23. December 5, 1938· cited 414×
    Armstrong Paint & Varnish Works v. Nu-Enamel Corp.
  24. January 30, 1939· cited 403×
    Tennessee Electric Power Co. v. Tennessee Valley Authority
  25. April 17, 1939· cited 400×
    Clark v. Paul Gray, Inc.
  26. January 30, 1939· cited 391×
    Helvering v. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
  27. November 7, 1938· cited 384×
    Helvering v. Winmill
  28. December 5, 1938· cited 370×
    Scher v. United States
  29. January 30, 1939· cited 368×
    Currin v. Wallace
  30. February 27, 1939· cited 367×
    National Labor Relations Board v. Fansteel Metallurgical Corp.
  31. January 3, 1939· cited 354×
    Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. v. Smith
  32. January 3, 1939· cited 330×
    Ford Motor Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
  33. May 29, 1939· cited 320×
    Curry v. McCanless
  34. April 17, 1939· cited 316×
    National Labor Relations Board v. Fainblatt
  35. May 22, 1939· cited 309×
    United States v. One 1936 Model Ford V-8 De Luxe Coach, Commercial Credit Co.
  36. March 27, 1939· cited 304×
    Pacific Employers Insurance v. Industrial Accident Comm'n
  37. November 7, 1938· cited 299×
    Davis v. Davis
  38. February 27, 1939· cited 293×
    Taylor v. Standard Gas & Electric Co.
  39. December 5, 1938· cited 282×
    White v. United States
  40. May 22, 1939· cited 277×
    Electrical Fittings Corp. v. Thomas
  41. February 27, 1939· cited 277×
    Pierre v. Louisiana
  42. December 12, 1938· cited 273×
    Missouri Ex Rel. Gaines v. Canada
  43. May 29, 1939· cited 266×
    Perkins v. Elg
  44. January 3, 1939· cited 241×
    Helvering v. Owens
  45. January 3, 1939· cited 233×
    Gwin, White & Prince, Inc. v. Henneford
  46. December 5, 1938· cited 206×
    Shields v. Utah Idaho Central Railroad
  47. April 17, 1939· cited 197×
    Mulford v. Smith
  48. February 27, 1939· cited 185×
    United States v. Jacobs
  49. February 27, 1939· cited 178×
    National Labor Relations Board v. Sands Manufacturing Co.
  50. April 17, 1939· cited 169×
    United States Trust Co. v. Helvering
  51. April 17, 1939· cited 154×
    Kessler v. Strecker
  52. December 5, 1938· cited 150×
    McDonald v. Thompson
  53. April 17, 1939· cited 146×
    Electric Storage Battery Co. v. Shimadzu
  54. March 27, 1939· cited 145×
    Fairbanks v. United States
  55. April 3, 1939· cited 138×
    Milk Control Board v. Eisenberg Farm Products
  56. May 29, 1939· cited 134×
    Toledo Pressed Steel Co. v. Standard Parts, Inc.
  57. April 17, 1939· cited 130×
    Atlas Life Insurance v. W. I. Southern, Inc.
  58. February 27, 1939· cited 129×
    Titus v. Wallick
  59. May 22, 1939· cited 126×
    O'MALLEY v. Woodrough
  60. April 17, 1939· cited 126×
    McCrone v. United States
  61. April 3, 1939· cited 118×
    Lowden v. Simonds-Shields-Lonsdale Grain Co.
  62. May 15, 1939· cited 117×
    Rorick v. Board of Comm'rs of Everglades Drainage Dist.
  63. May 15, 1939· cited 109×
    Driscoll v. Edison Light & Power Co.
  64. January 30, 1939· cited 106×
    Felt & Tarrant Manufacturing Co. v. Gallagher
  65. December 5, 1938· cited 105×
    M. E. Blatt Co. v. United States
  66. January 30, 1939· cited 102×
    Inland Steel Co. v. United States
  67. January 30, 1939· cited 101×
    H. P. Welch Co. v. New Hampshire
  68. May 15, 1939· cited 96×
    William Jameson & Co. v. Morgenthau
  69. January 30, 1939· cited 93×
    MacKay Radio & Telegraph Co. v. Radio Corp. of America
  70. November 7, 1938· cited 93×
    Polk Co. v. Glover
  71. January 3, 1939· cited 89×
    Indianapolis Brewing Co. v. Liquor Control Commission
  72. January 30, 1939· cited 87×
    United States v. Midstate Horticultural Co.
  73. January 30, 1939· cited 86×
    Wichita Royalty Co. v. City National Bank of Wichita Falls
  74. May 29, 1939· cited 85×
    Graves v. Elliott
  75. February 27, 1939· cited 82×
    Hale v. Bimco Trading, Inc.
  76. January 30, 1939· cited 81×
    Utah Fuel Co. v. National Bituminous Coal Comm'n
  77. November 7, 1938· cited 80×
    Colorado National Bank v. Commissioner
  78. January 3, 1939· cited 78×
    Neblett v. Carpenter
  79. June 5, 1939· cited 77×
    Baldwin v. Scott County Milling Co.
  80. April 3, 1939· cited 76×
    Helvering v. Metropolitan Edison Co.
  81. November 7, 1938· cited 76×
    Arthur C. Harvey Co. v. United States
  82. March 27, 1939· cited 75×
    Bonet v. Yabucoa Sugar Co.
  83. March 13, 1939· cited 75×
    Washingtonian Publishing Co. v. Pearson
  84. January 3, 1939· cited 74×
    United States v. Algoma Lumber Co.
  85. May 15, 1939· cited 71×
    United States v. Marxen
  86. November 7, 1938· cited 67×
    Great Northern Railway Co. v. Leonidas
  87. April 17, 1939· cited 61×
    Federal Power Commission v. Pacific Power & Light Co.
  88. January 3, 1939· cited 61×
    Joseph S. Finch & Co. v. McKittrick
  89. June 5, 1939· cited 60×
    H. P. Hood & Sons, Inc. v. United States
  90. April 17, 1939· cited 60×
    Wilentz v. Sovereign Camp, Woodman of the World
  91. December 5, 1938· cited 59×
    Waialua Agricultural Co. v. Christian
  92. February 27, 1939· cited 58×
    Eichholz v. Public Service Commission of Missouri
  93. April 17, 1939· cited 56×
    Honeyman v. Jacobs
  94. January 30, 1939· cited 56×
    Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Gallagher
  95. December 12, 1938· cited 56×
    Harris v. Avery Brundage Co.
  96. October 10, 1938· cited 53×
    Gross v. Saginaw Broadcasting Co.
  97. April 17, 1939· cited 52×
    Carrier v. Bryant
  98. March 27, 1939· cited 48×
    City of Texarkana v. Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co.
  99. December 5, 1938· cited 47×
    Inter-Island Steam Navigation Co. v. Territory of Hawaii
  100. December 5, 1938· cited 47×
    California v. Latimer

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