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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1942

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1942 (October 1, 1942 to September 30, 1943), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 443 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (443 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 14, 1943· cited 2,477×
    West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette
  2. June 21, 1943· cited 2,418×
    Burford v. Sun Oil Co.
  3. January 4, 1943· cited 2,192×
    Adams v. United States Ex Rel. McCann
  4. June 7, 1943· cited 2,030×
    McNabb v. United States
  5. January 4, 1943· cited 1,730×
    Parker v. Brown
  6. January 18, 1943· cited 1,702×
    Spies v. United States
  7. May 3, 1943· cited 1,248×
    Murdock v. Pennsylvania
  8. November 9, 1942· cited 1,246×
    Wickard v. Filburn
  9. March 1, 1943· cited 1,191×
    Palmer v. Hoffman
  10. March 15, 1943· cited 1,075×
    Clearfield Trust Co. v. United States
  11. January 18, 1943· cited 1,062×
    United States Ex Rel. Marcus v. Hess
  12. June 1, 1943· cited 1,027×
    Moline Properties, Inc. v. Commissioner
  13. May 3, 1943· cited 999×
    Roche v. Evaporated Milk Assn.
  14. June 7, 1943· cited 998×
    Tot v. United States
  15. May 3, 1943· cited 933×
    Douglas v. City of Jeannette
  16. June 21, 1943· cited 921×
    Hirabayashi v. United States
  17. November 9, 1942· cited 848×
    Braverman v. United States
  18. May 3, 1943· cited 839×
    Martin v. City of Struthers
  19. May 10, 1943· cited 782×
    National Broadcasting Co. v. United States
  20. February 1, 1943· cited 727×
    Tiller v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
  21. May 24, 1943· cited 645×
    Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. v. Huffman
  22. January 18, 1943· cited 621×
    Walling v. Jacksonville Paper Co.
  23. December 7, 1942· cited 558×
    Pyle v. Kansas
  24. May 24, 1943· cited 538×
    Bailey v. Central Vermont Railway, Inc.
  25. May 17, 1943· cited 537×
    United States Ex Rel. Tennessee Valley Authority v. Powelson
  26. December 7, 1942· cited 529×
    Helvering v. Stuart
  27. June 14, 1943· cited 522×
    Direct Sales Co. v. United States
  28. December 14, 1942· cited 515×
    Garrett v. Moore-McCormack Co.
  29. June 14, 1943· cited 511×
    Interstate Transit Lines v. Commissioner
  30. April 5, 1943· cited 499×
    Garrett v. Moore-Mccormack Co., Inc.
  31. April 19, 1943· cited 492×
    Aguilar v. Standard Oil Co. of NJ
  32. June 21, 1943· cited 469×
    Galloway v. United States
  33. February 8, 1943· cited 413×
    United States v. Monia
  34. November 9, 1942· cited 405×
    Riggs v. Del Drago
  35. October 29, 1942· cited 402×
    Ex Parte Quirin
  36. December 7, 1942· cited 386×
    Sola Electric Co. v. Jefferson Electric Co.
  37. March 1, 1943· cited 376×
    Endicott Johnson Corp. v. Perkins
  38. June 7, 1943· cited 373×
    McLeod v. Threlkeld
  39. April 5, 1943· cited 365×
    Ex Parte Republic of Peru
  40. March 1, 1943· cited 360×
    Viereck v. United States
  41. December 21, 1942· cited 355×
    Davis v. Department of Labor and Industries of Wash.
  42. March 8, 1943· cited 324×
    Jamison v. Texas
  43. May 3, 1943· cited 308×
    St. Pierre v. United States
  44. February 1, 1943· cited 307×
    Jerome v. United States
  45. February 1, 1943· cited 304×
    Overstreet v. North Shore Corp.
  46. May 10, 1943· cited 301×
    Lockerty v. Phillips
  47. April 12, 1943· cited 284×
    Group of Institutional Investors v. Chicago, M., St. P. & P.R. Co., and 9 Other Cases
  48. February 1, 1943· cited 283×
    Tileston v. Ullman
  49. February 1, 1943· cited 278×
    Coryell v. Phipps
  50. March 1, 1943· cited 267×
    Hoopeston Canning Co. v. Cullen
  51. March 1, 1943· cited 261×
    Helvering v. American Dental Co.
  52. February 1, 1943· cited 257×
    O'Donnell v. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co.
  53. January 11, 1943· cited 256×
    Ettelson v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
  54. June 21, 1943· cited 255×
    Kelley v. Everglades Drainage District
  55. January 11, 1943· cited 248×
    Lilly v. Grand Trunk Western Railroad
  56. December 14, 1942· cited 246×
    United Carbon Co. v. Binney & Smith Co.
  57. November 9, 1942· cited 245×
    Warren-Bradshaw Drilling Co. v. Hall
  58. March 8, 1943· cited 238×
    Choctaw Nation v. United States
  59. June 21, 1943· cited 237×
    Marconi Wireless Co. v. United States
  60. May 3, 1943· cited 228×
    Detroit Edison Co. v. Commissioner
  61. May 24, 1943· cited 226×
    Altvater v. Freeman
  62. January 11, 1943· cited 206×
    Harrison v. Northern Trust Co.
  63. January 11, 1943· cited 205×
    Public Util. Comm'n of Ohio v. United Fuel Gas Co.
  64. March 1, 1943· cited 203×
    Penn Dairies, Inc. v. Milk Control Comm'n of Pa.
  65. February 15, 1943· cited 185×
    Brady v. Roosevelt Steamship Co.
  66. February 15, 1943· cited 180×
    Smith v. Shaughnessy
  67. February 15, 1943· cited 166×
    Robinette v. Helvering
  68. April 19, 1943· cited 165×
    Ecker v. Western Pacific R. Corp.
  69. May 17, 1943· cited 163×
    Board of County Commissioners v. Seber
  70. April 5, 1943· cited 163×
    Marshall Field & Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
  71. January 18, 1943· cited 163×
    Terminal Railroad v. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
  72. March 1, 1943· cited 158×
    Helvering v. Griffiths
  73. November 16, 1942· cited 158×
    Pfister v. Northern Illinois Finance Corp.
  74. May 3, 1943· cited 154×
    De Zon v. American President Lines, Ltd.
  75. March 1, 1943· cited 153×
    Ziffrin, Inc. v. United States
  76. January 18, 1943· cited 152×
    American Medical Assn. v. United States
  77. March 1, 1943· cited 150×
    Federal Security Administrator v. Quaker Oats Co.
  78. January 11, 1943· cited 150×
    Pendergast v. United States
  79. January 18, 1943· cited 147×
    National Labor Relations Board v. Indiana & Michigan Electric Co.
  80. June 1, 1943· cited 137×
    Buchalter v. New York
  81. February 1, 1943· cited 134×
    In Re Bradley
  82. January 4, 1943· cited 132×
    Kieselbach v. Commissioner
  83. March 8, 1943· cited 131×
    Largent v. Texas
  84. January 4, 1943· cited 130×
    Detroit Bank v. United States
  85. March 8, 1943· cited 119×
    Corn Exchange National Bank & Trust Co. v. Klauder
  86. May 17, 1943· cited 115×
    Federal Communications Commission v. National Broadcasting Co.
  87. June 14, 1943· cited 113×
    Oklahoma Tax Commission v. United States
  88. April 5, 1943· cited 112×
    Fred Fisher Music Co. v. M. Witmark & Sons
  89. January 18, 1943· cited 103×
    Higgins v. Carr Brothers Co.
  90. April 12, 1943· cited 102×
    Helvering v. Chicago Stock Yards Co.
  91. May 3, 1943· cited 97×
    Southland Gasoline Co. v. Bayley
  92. November 23, 1942· cited 94×
    United States v. Callahan Walker Construction Co.
  93. April 5, 1943· cited 93×
    Pacific Coast Dairy, Inc. v. Department of Agriculture of Cal.
  94. April 5, 1943· cited 92×
    Myers v. Matley
  95. April 5, 1943· cited 86×
    C. J. Hendry Co. v. Moore
  96. March 15, 1943· cited 86×
    Emil v. Hanley
  97. May 24, 1943· cited 85×
    United States v. Lepowitch
  98. December 21, 1942· cited 84×
    Department of Banking of Neb. v. Pink
  99. December 7, 1942· cited 84×
    Marine Harbor Properties, Inc. v. Manufacturers Trust Co.
  100. April 5, 1943· cited 83×
    Fidelity Assurance Assn. v. Sims

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