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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1941

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1941 (October 1, 1941 to September 30, 1942), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 491 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (491 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. February 9, 1942· cited 10,035×
    Glasser v. United States
  2. March 9, 1942· cited 2,706×
    Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire
  3. October 13, 1941· cited 2,081×
    United States v. Classic
  4. June 1, 1942· cited 1,929×
    Skinner v. Oklahoma Ex Rel. Williamson
  5. June 1, 1942· cited 1,812×
    Brillhart v. Excess Insurance Co. of America
  6. March 30, 1942· cited 1,648×
    D'Oench, Duhme & Co. v. Federal Deposit Insurance
  7. February 2, 1942· cited 1,400×
    Lisenba v. California
  8. June 1, 1942· cited 1,154×
    Betts v. Brady
  9. December 8, 1941· cited 874×
    Bridges v. California
  10. June 8, 1942· cited 823×
    Overnight Motor Transportation Co. v. Missel
  11. June 1, 1942· cited 635×
    A. B. Kirschbaum Co. v. Walling
  12. March 16, 1942· cited 598×
    Federal Power Commission v. Natural Gas Pipeline Co.
  13. June 1, 1942· cited 553×
    Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. v. United States
  14. March 2, 1942· cited 513×
    Thomson v. Gaskill
  15. February 2, 1942· cited 508×
    United States v. Pink
  16. April 27, 1942· cited 507×
    Goldman v. United States
  17. April 6, 1942· cited 494×
    Scripps-Howard Radio, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission
  18. February 2, 1942· cited 474×
    Morton Salt Co. v. G. S. Suppiger Co.
  19. November 10, 1941· cited 471×
    Indianapolis v. Chase Nat. Bank
  20. November 24, 1941· cited 462×
    Edwards v. California
  21. April 13, 1942· cited 445×
    Valentine v. Chrestensen
  22. January 5, 1942· cited 435×
    Cuno Engineering Corp. v. Automatic Devices Corp.
  23. March 30, 1942· cited 413×
    Allen-Bradley Local No. 1111 v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Board
  24. November 10, 1941· cited 391×
    Alabama v. King & Boozer
  25. November 10, 1941· cited 373×
    Federal Land Bank of St. Paul v. Bismarck Lumber Co.
  26. December 8, 1941· cited 372×
    City of Indianapolis v. Chase National Bank
  27. December 15, 1941· cited 366×
    Gray v. Powell
  28. June 1, 1942· cited 361×
    Hill v. Texas
  29. November 17, 1941· cited 354×
    Toucey v. New York Life Insurance
  30. March 30, 1942· cited 320×
    Bakery & Pastry Drivers & Helpers Local 802 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. Wohl
  31. May 11, 1942· cited 305×
    United States v. Masonite Corp.
  32. March 2, 1942· cited 301×
    Butler Bros. v. McColgan, Franchise Tax Commissioner
  33. May 4, 1942· cited 299×
    Mishawaka Rubber & Woolen Manufacturing Co. v. S. S. Kresge Co.
  34. December 8, 1941· cited 297×
    United States v. Kales
  35. June 1, 1942· cited 285×
    Standard Oil Co. of Cal. v. Johnson
  36. February 2, 1942· cited 279×
    Helvering v. Alabama Asphaltic Limestone Co.
  37. May 25, 1942· cited 273×
    Seminole Nation v. United States
  38. February 2, 1942· cited 269×
    United States v. Wrightwood Dairy Co.
  39. October 13, 1941· cited 268×
    Royal Indemnity Co. v. United States
  40. June 8, 1942· cited 261×
    Walling v. A. H. Belo Corp.
  41. March 9, 1942· cited 253×
    Helvering v. Southwest Consolidated Corp.
  42. January 5, 1942· cited 253×
    United States v. Santa Fe Pacific Railroad
  43. April 27, 1942· cited 251×
    National Labor Relations Board v. Nevada Consolidated Copper Corp.
  44. December 15, 1941· cited 247×
    District of Columbia v. Murphy
  45. February 16, 1942· cited 245×
    Southport Petroleum Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
  46. December 22, 1941· cited 236×
    National Labor Relations Board v. Virginia Electric & Power Co.
  47. March 30, 1942· cited 235×
    Tulee v. Washington
  48. November 17, 1941· cited 233×
    Commercial Molasses Corp. v. New York Tank Barge Corp.
  49. April 27, 1942· cited 232×
    Carpenters & Joiners Union, Local No. 213 v. Ritter's Cafe
  50. April 27, 1942· cited 228×
    Goldstein v. United States
  51. May 11, 1942· cited 227×
    United States v. Univis Lens Co.
  52. February 2, 1942· cited 226×
    United States v. Ragen
  53. December 8, 1941· cited 225×
    Textile Mills Securities Corp. v. Commissioner
  54. April 6, 1942· cited 223×
    Southern Steamship Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
  55. March 2, 1942· cited 221×
    Exhibit Supply Co. v. Ace Patents Corp.
  56. February 2, 1942· cited 219×
    Great Northern Railway Co. v. United States
  57. March 2, 1942· cited 218×
    United States v. Carolina Freight Carriers Corp.
  58. June 8, 1942· cited 216×
    Jones v. Opelika
  59. November 10, 1941· cited 215×
    Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. Kepner
  60. March 30, 1942· cited 213×
    Jacob v. New York City
  61. January 5, 1942· cited 203×
    Parker v. Motor Boat Sales, Inc.
  62. April 27, 1942· cited 201×
    Chicago v. Fieldcrest Dairies, Inc.
  63. April 27, 1942· cited 187×
    Miles v. Illinois Central Railroad
  64. May 11, 1942· cited 184×
    Cochran v. Kansas
  65. March 16, 1942· cited 182×
    Riley v. New York Trust Co.
  66. February 2, 1942· cited 181×
    Cloverleaf Butter Co. v. Patterson, Commissioner of Agriculture & Industries
  67. March 9, 1942· cited 173×
    Stonite Products Co. v. Melvin Lloyd Co.
  68. November 24, 1941· cited 166×
    Corcoran v. Montgomery Ward & Co.
  69. February 16, 1942· cited 165×
    United States v. Bethlehem Steel Corp.
  70. November 10, 1941· cited 165×
    Reitz v. Mealey
  71. June 1, 1942· cited 160×
    Ward v. Texas
  72. May 4, 1942· cited 159×
    State Tax Comm'n of Utah v. Aldrich
  73. January 5, 1942· cited 156×
    Illinois Natural Gas Co. v. Central Illinois Public Service Co.
  74. March 2, 1942· cited 155×
    Hysler v. Florida
  75. February 2, 1942· cited 153×
    Board of Trade of Kansas City v. United States
  76. June 1, 1942· cited 152×
    Magruder v. Supplee
  77. March 30, 1942· cited 148×
    Williams v. Jacksonville Terminal Co.
  78. February 2, 1942· cited 143×
    Columbia River Packers Assn., Inc. v. Hinton
  79. January 5, 1942· cited 143×
    B. B. Chemical Co. v. Ellis
  80. April 13, 1942· cited 142×
    Helvering v. Safe Deposit & Trust Co. of Baltimore
  81. March 30, 1942· cited 140×
    Muncie Gear Works, Inc. v. Outboard, Marine & Manufacturing Co.
  82. May 11, 1942· cited 135×
    Reeves v. Beardall
  83. January 19, 1942· cited 133×
    United States v. Joliet & Chicago Railroad
  84. April 27, 1942· cited 132×
    Prudence Realization Corp. v. Geist
  85. January 5, 1942· cited 132×
    Irving Trust Co. v. Day
  86. June 1, 1942· cited 131×
    Helvering v. Cement Investors, Inc.
  87. April 27, 1942· cited 131×
    Georgia v. Evans
  88. March 30, 1942· cited 128×
    Cudahy Packing Co. v. Holland
  89. May 11, 1942· cited 125×
    Sioux Tribe of Indians v. United States
  90. December 8, 1941· cited 121×
    American Surety Co. v. Bethlehem National Bank
  91. December 15, 1941· cited 118×
    Duckworth v. Arkansas
  92. December 15, 1941· cited 116×
    United States v. Emory
  93. May 25, 1942· cited 113×
    Williams Manufacturing Co. v. United Shoe MacHinery Corp.
  94. April 27, 1942· cited 111×
    U. S. Industrial Chemicals, Inc. v. Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Corp.
  95. April 27, 1942· cited 108×
    Wilmington Trust Co. v. Helvering
  96. May 25, 1942· cited 107×
    Pence v. United States
  97. January 5, 1942· cited 101×
    National Labor Relations Board v. P. Lorillard Co.
  98. January 12, 1942· cited 100×
    Duncan v. Thompson
  99. March 2, 1942· cited 97×
    United States v. New York
  100. January 5, 1942· cited 97×
    Pink v. A. A. A. Highway Express, Inc.

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