Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1939
Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1939 (October 1, 1939 to September 30, 1940), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 467 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (467 with at least one citation, 0 with a syllabus, counted separately); up to 100 of them, ordered by citation count, are listed below.
- May 20, 1940· cited 3,669×Cantwell v. Connecticut
- January 8, 1940· cited 2,467×Deputy, Administratrix v. Du Pont
- April 22, 1940· cited 2,351×Thornhill v. Alabama
- May 27, 1940· cited 2,271×United States v. American Trucking Associations
- June 3, 1940· cited 2,153×United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co.
- December 4, 1939· cited 2,011×Pepper v. Litton
- December 11, 1939· cited 1,927×Nardone v. United States
- November 22, 1939· cited 1,688×Schneider v. State (Town of Irvington)
- February 26, 1940· cited 1,472×Helvering v. Clifford
- January 2, 1940· cited 1,225×Chicot County Drainage District v. Baxter State Bank
- February 26, 1940· cited 1,204×Cobbledick v. United States
- January 29, 1940· cited 1,200×Helvering v. Hallock
- January 8, 1940· cited 971×Higgins v. Smith
- February 12, 1940· cited 844×Chambers v. Florida
- January 29, 1940· cited 812×Morgan v. Commissioner
- May 20, 1940· cited 802×Sunshine Anthracite Coal Co. v. Adkins
- November 22, 1939· cited 770×Neirbo Co. v. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp.
- December 4, 1939· cited 757×United States v. Borden Co.
- January 29, 1940· cited 749×Federal Communications Commission v. Pottsville Broadcasting Co.
- January 2, 1940· cited 706×Avery v. Alabama
- May 27, 1940· cited 696×Apex Hosiery Co. v. Leader
- January 29, 1940· cited 621×Madden v. Kentucky Ex Rel. Commissioner
- May 27, 1940· cited 613×United States v. Summerlin
- March 25, 1940· cited 607×United States v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.
- December 4, 1939· cited 603×Case v. Los Angeles Lumber Products Co.
- January 2, 1940· cited 580×Kalb v. Feuerstein
- February 12, 1940· cited 560×Federal Housing Administration, Region No. 4 v. Burr
- June 3, 1940· cited 558×Tigner v. Texas
- December 4, 1939· cited 558×Estate of Sanford v. Commissioner
- December 18, 1939· cited 546×Board of Comm'rs of Jackson Cty. v. United States
- April 29, 1940· cited 545×Perkins v. Lukens Steel Co.
- March 25, 1940· cited 532×Thompson v. Magnolia Petroleum Co.
- March 25, 1940· cited 513×Federal Communications Commission v. Sanders Bros. Radio Station
- March 25, 1940· cited 510×United States v. Shaw
- January 2, 1940· cited 492×American Federation of Labor v. National Labor Relations Board
- May 27, 1940· cited 485×Securities & Exchange Commission v. United States Realty & Improvement Co.
- December 18, 1939· cited 447×Griffiths v. Commissioner
- March 4, 1940· cited 434×National Licorice Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
- January 29, 1940· cited 416×Yearsley v. W. A. Ross Construction Co.
- December 4, 1939· cited 408×Bruno v. United States
- January 29, 1940· cited 395×Treinies v. Sunshine Mining Co.
- December 4, 1939· cited 362×Danforth v. United States
- May 20, 1940· cited 355×United States v. City & County of San Francisco
- February 26, 1940· cited 351×South Chicago Coal & Dock Co. v. Bassett
- May 20, 1940· cited 335×Anderson v. Helvering
- December 4, 1939· cited 321×Helvering v. F. & R. Lazarus & Co.
- February 26, 1940· cited 314×Minnesota Ex Rel. Pearson v. Probate Court of Ramsey County
- March 11, 1940· cited 293×National Labor Relations Board v. Waterman Steamship Corp.
- May 20, 1940· cited 291×Carlson v. California
- April 20, 1940· cited 291×Haggar Co. v. Helvering, Com'r of Internal Revenue
- January 29, 1940· cited 284×McGoldrick v. Berwind-White Coal Mining Co.
- February 26, 1940· cited 270×Amalgamated Utility Workers v. Consolidated Edison Co.
- May 20, 1940· cited 269×Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway v. Browning
- June 3, 1940· cited 266×United States v. Dickerson
- March 25, 1940· cited 266×Ethyl Gasoline Corp. v. United States
- March 25, 1940· cited 265×Sheldon v. Metro-Goldwyn Pictures Corp.
- April 22, 1940· cited 257×Veix v. Sixth Ward Building & Loan Assn. of Newark
- November 13, 1939· cited 257×Ziffrin, Inc. v. Reeves
- January 29, 1940· cited 247×LeTulle v. Scofield
- June 3, 1940· cited 244×Minersville School District v. Gobitis
- January 29, 1940· cited 234×James Stewart & Co. v. Sadrakula
- January 29, 1940· cited 227×Oklahoma Packing Co. v. Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co.
- January 29, 1940· cited 226×General American Tank Car Corp. v. El Dorado Terminal Co.
- March 11, 1940· cited 219×Deitrick v. Greaney
- February 26, 1940· cited 216×Mayo v. Lakeland Highlands Canning Co.
- March 25, 1940· cited 215×Minnesota v. National Tea Co.
- December 11, 1939· cited 214×Helvering v. Wilshire Oil Co.
- June 3, 1940· cited 213×Russell v. Todd
- May 20, 1940· cited 211×Ex Parte Bransford
- May 20, 1940· cited 195×National Labor Relations Board v. Bradford Dyeing Ass'n
- February 26, 1940· cited 185×Germantown Trust Co. v. Commissioner
- March 25, 1940· cited 179×Helvering v. Price
- November 6, 1939· cited 178×Palmer v. Massachusetts
- May 20, 1940· cited 167×United States v. George S. Bush & Co.
- June 3, 1940· cited 163×Railroad Commission of Texas v. Rowan & Nichols Oil Co.
- April 22, 1940· cited 162×Maurer v. Hamilton
- April 22, 1940· cited 160×Osborn v. Ozlin
- March 25, 1940· cited 160×Helvering v. Bruun
- December 4, 1939· cited 156×National Labor Relations Board v. Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co.
- December 4, 1939· cited 151×Cities Service Oil Co. v. Dunlap
- December 4, 1939· cited 149×United States v. Sponenbarger
- February 26, 1940· cited 148×Carpenter v. Wabash Railway Co.
- February 26, 1940· cited 139×Helvering v. Wood
- January 15, 1940· cited 133×Real Estate - Land Title & Trust Co. v. United States
- May 27, 1940· cited 130×White v. Texas
- June 3, 1940· cited 128×Neumann-Endler, Inc. v. United States
- May 20, 1940· cited 127×Dampskibsselskabet Dannebrog v. Signal Oil & Gas Co. of Cal.
- January 29, 1940· cited 126×Helvering v. Fitch
- November 6, 1939· cited 126×Pittman v. Home Owners' Loan Corp.
- April 8, 1940· cited 122×Dickinson Industrial Site, Inc. v. Cowan
- January 15, 1940· cited 120×Ford Motor Co. v. Beauchamp
- February 26, 1940· cited 114×Manton v. United States
- December 4, 1939· cited 114×John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance v. Bartels
- April 22, 1940· cited 113×Helvering v. Leonard
- April 22, 1940· cited 112×Helvering v. Fuller
- November 6, 1939· cited 95×Massachusetts v. Missouri
- May 20, 1940· cited 92×United States v. Chicago Heights Trucking Co.
- February 26, 1940· cited 92×Llinois Central Railroad v. Minnesota
- February 26, 1940· cited 88×Helvering v. Kehoe
- January 2, 1940· cited 83×Bonet v. Texas Co. (PR)
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