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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1940

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1940 (October 1, 1940 to September 30, 1941), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 468 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (468 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. June 2, 1941· cited 8,668×
    Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co.
  2. March 31, 1941· cited 3,675×
    United States v. Sherwood
  3. March 3, 1941· cited 3,480×
    Railroad Comm'n of Tex. v. Pullman Co.
  4. January 20, 1941· cited 3,141×
    Milliken v. Meyer
  5. January 20, 1941· cited 2,711×
    Hines v. Davidowitz
  6. February 3, 1941· cited 2,348×
    Maryland Casualty Co. v. Pacific Coal & Oil Co.
  7. April 28, 1941· cited 2,267×
    Shamrock Oil & Gas Corp. v. Sheets
  8. November 12, 1940· cited 1,544×
    Hansberry v. Lee
  9. December 9, 1940· cited 1,397×
    West v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.
  10. March 17, 1941· cited 1,393×
    Hormel v. Helvering
  11. April 28, 1941· cited 1,282×
    Phelps Dodge Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board
  12. November 25, 1940· cited 1,213×
    Helvering v. Horst
  13. February 17, 1941· cited 1,152×
    United States v. Darby
  14. March 31, 1941· cited 1,045×
    Cox v. New Hampshire
  15. January 13, 1941· cited 774×
    Sibbach v. Wilson & Co.
  16. December 9, 1940· cited 731×
    Montgomery Ward & Co. v. Duncan
  17. January 8, 1941· cited 711×
    Smith v. Texas
  18. February 10, 1941· cited 684×
    Walker v. Johnston
  19. March 3, 1941· cited 660×
    Higgins v. Commissioner
  20. March 3, 1941· cited 630×
    National Labor Relations Board v. Express Publishing Co.
  21. March 31, 1941· cited 589×
    Fashion Originators' Guild of America, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission
  22. February 17, 1941· cited 586×
    Smith v. O'GRADY
  23. January 13, 1941· cited 574×
    Wisconsin v. J. C. Penney Co.
  24. February 3, 1941· cited 539×
    United States v. Hutcheson
  25. December 9, 1940· cited 498×
    Deckert v. Independence Shares Corp.
  26. March 17, 1941· cited 496×
    Milk Wagon Drivers Union, Local 753 v. Meadowmoor Dairies, Inc.
  27. May 26, 1941· cited 458×
    Watson v. Buck
  28. February 17, 1941· cited 457×
    Opp Cotton Mills, Inc. v. Administrator of the Wage & Hour Division of the Department of Labor
  29. February 3, 1941· cited 452×
    Phillips v. United States
  30. January 20, 1941· cited 448×
    United States v. Appalachian Electric Power Co.
  31. December 9, 1940· cited 436×
    United States v. Falcone
  32. January 6, 1941· cited 432×
    National Labor Relations Board v. Link-Belt Co.
  33. March 31, 1941· cited 431×
    Harrison v. Schaffner
  34. February 3, 1941· cited 418×
    Helvering v. Eubank
  35. March 10, 1941· cited 409×
    American Federation of Labor v. Swing
  36. December 9, 1940· cited 403×
    International Association of MacHinists Tool and Die Makers Lodge No. 35 v. National Labor Relations Board
  37. March 31, 1941· cited 401×
    Moore v. Illinois Central Railroad
  38. May 26, 1941· cited 386×
    Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
  39. March 10, 1941· cited 359×
    Woods v. City Nat. Bank & Trust Co. of Chicago
  40. April 14, 1941· cited 357×
    Nye v. United States
  41. January 6, 1941· cited 354×
    Fidelity Union Trust Co. v. Field
  42. December 16, 1940· cited 352×
    United States v. Stewart
  43. November 12, 1940· cited 350×
    Republic Steel Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board
  44. March 3, 1941· cited 340×
    Consolidated Rock Products Co. v. Du Bois
  45. November 12, 1940· cited 339×
    Helvering v. Northwest Steel Rolling Mills, Inc.
  46. March 31, 1941· cited 335×
    Hort v. Commissioner
  47. January 6, 1941· cited 334×
    Vandenbark v. Owens-Illinois Glass Co.
  48. March 31, 1941· cited 319×
    Just v. Chambers
  49. March 3, 1941· cited 308×
    United States v. Pelzer
  50. February 3, 1941· cited 305×
    United States v. Ryerson
  51. June 2, 1941· cited 303×
    Holiday v. Johnston
  52. March 31, 1941· cited 302×
    United States v. Cooper Corp.
  53. January 6, 1941· cited 299×
    H. J. Heinz Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
  54. January 6, 1941· cited 299×
    Helvering v. Hammel
  55. February 3, 1941· cited 296×
    United States v. Gilliland
  56. January 20, 1941· cited 286×
    Beal v. Missouri Pacific R. Corp.
  57. November 12, 1940· cited 275×
    J. E. Riley Investment Co. v. Commissioner
  58. April 28, 1941· cited 269×
    Olsen v. Nebraska Ex Rel. Western Reference & Bond Assn., Inc.
  59. June 2, 1941· cited 268×
    Sampsell v. Imperial Paper & Color Corp.
  60. December 9, 1940· cited 262×
    Schriber-Schroth Co. v. Cleveland Trust Co.
  61. March 3, 1941· cited 257×
    Helvering v. Le Gierse
  62. February 17, 1941· cited 257×
    Federal Trade Commission v. Bunte Bros.
  63. May 26, 1941· cited 243×
    Skiriotes v. Florida
  64. February 3, 1941· cited 242×
    Stoner v. New York Life Insurance
  65. June 2, 1941· cited 241×
    Griffin v. McCoach
  66. November 18, 1940· cited 222×
    Milk Wagon Drivers' Union, Local No. 753 v. Lake Valley Farm Products, Inc.
  67. February 3, 1941· cited 204×
    Reconstruction Finance Corporation v. JG Menihan Corp.
  68. February 17, 1941· cited 200×
    Warszower v. United States
  69. May 26, 1941· cited 187×
    Helvering v. Reynolds
  70. May 26, 1941· cited 182×
    City of New York v. Feiring
  71. June 2, 1941· cited 181×
    Oklahoma Ex Rel. Phillips v. Guy F. Atkinson Co.
  72. February 10, 1941· cited 177×
    Gorin v. United States
  73. February 3, 1941· cited 175×
    Rawlings v. Ray
  74. November 12, 1940· cited 167×
    Fleisher Engineering & Construction Co. v. United States Ex Rel. Hallenbeck
  75. March 17, 1941· cited 166×
    Nelson v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.
  76. April 14, 1941· cited 164×
    Huron Holding Corp. v. Lincoln Mine Operating Co.
  77. April 28, 1941· cited 161×
    United States v. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad
  78. February 3, 1941· cited 160×
    Guggenheim v. Rasquin
  79. November 12, 1940· cited 156×
    Neuberger v. Commissioner
  80. December 23, 1940· cited 151×
    Best & Co. v. Maxwell
  81. May 26, 1941· cited 150×
    United States v. Alabama
  82. April 28, 1941· cited 149×
    California v. Thompson
  83. March 3, 1941· cited 148×
    Helvering v. Hutchings
  84. December 23, 1940· cited 143×
    American United Mutual Life Insurance v. City of Avon Park
  85. February 3, 1941· cited 137×
    Palmer v. Connecticut Railway & Lighting Co.
  86. February 17, 1941· cited 128×
    Browder v. United States
  87. December 9, 1940· cited 123×
    Six Companies of Cal. v. Joint Highway Dist. No. 13 of Cal.
  88. April 28, 1941· cited 122×
    Helvering v. William Flaccus Oak Leather Co.
  89. March 3, 1941· cited 121×
    Ryerson v. United States
  90. March 3, 1941· cited 116×
    Berry v. United States
  91. March 31, 1941· cited 114×
    Helvering v. Estate of Enright
  92. April 28, 1941· cited 111×
    Maguire v. Commissioner
  93. May 5, 1941· cited 106×
    Armature Exchange Inc. v. United States
  94. February 17, 1941· cited 106×
    Kelleam v. Maryland Casualty Co. of Baltimore
  95. January 20, 1941· cited 106×
    A. C. Frost & Co. v. Coeur D'Alene Mines Corp.
  96. December 9, 1940· cited 106×
    Bacardi Corp. of America v. Domenech
  97. March 3, 1941· cited 105×
    Maass v. Higgins
  98. April 28, 1941· cited 100×
    Gelfert v. National City Bank of NY
  99. May 26, 1941· cited 97×
    Brooks v. Dewar
  100. April 28, 1941· cited 95×
    Arkansas Corporation Comm'n v. Thompson

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