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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1944

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1944 (October 1, 1944 to September 30, 1945), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 448 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (448 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 4, 1944· cited 4,567×
    Skidmore v. Swift & Co.
  2. February 26, 1945· cited 2,668×
    Catlin v. United States
  3. May 7, 1945· cited 2,023×
    Screws v. United States
  4. June 18, 1945· cited 1,894×
    Guaranty Trust Co. v. York
  5. June 4, 1945· cited 1,565×
    Bowles v. Seminole Rock & Sand Co.
  6. January 8, 1945· cited 1,526×
    Ford Motor Co. v. Department of Treasury
  7. April 9, 1945· cited 1,325×
    Commissioner v. Court Holding Co.
  8. January 15, 1945· cited 1,292×
    Thomas v. Collins
  9. December 18, 1944· cited 1,269×
    Steele v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad
  10. April 23, 1945· cited 1,263×
    Brooklyn Savings Bank v. O'Neil
  11. May 21, 1945· cited 1,048×
    Williams v. North Carolina
  12. April 23, 1945· cited 1,028×
    Precision Instrument Manufacturing Co. v. Automotive Maintenance MacHinery Co.
  13. June 18, 1945· cited 998×
    Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co. v. Burley
  14. April 2, 1945· cited 900×
    United States v. General Motors Corp.
  15. February 26, 1945· cited 827×
    Korematsu v. United States
  16. June 18, 1945· cited 810×
    De Beers Consolidated Mines, Ltd. v. United States
  17. June 18, 1945· cited 800×
    Chase Securities Corp. v. Donaldson
  18. December 4, 1944· cited 752×
    Spector Motor Service, Inc. v. McLaughlin
  19. April 23, 1945· cited 736×
    Republic Aviation Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board
  20. March 26, 1945· cited 711×
    Malinski v. New York
  21. December 4, 1944· cited 706×
    Armour & Co. v. Wantock
  22. June 18, 1945· cited 672×
    Bridges v. Wixon
  23. June 11, 1945· cited 581×
    Alabama State Federation of Labor v. McAdory
  24. March 26, 1945· cited 556×
    A. H. Phillips, Inc. v. Walling
  25. June 18, 1945· cited 536×
    Southern Pacific Co. v. Arizona Ex Rel. Sullivan
  26. March 26, 1945· cited 482×
    Georgia v. Pennsylvania Railroad
  27. May 7, 1945· cited 461×
    Colorado Interstate Gas Co. v. Federal Power Commission
  28. June 4, 1945· cited 459×
    Trust Under the Will of Bingham v. Commissioner
  29. January 29, 1945· cited 448×
    Regal Knitwear Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
  30. February 5, 1945· cited 447×
    Barr v. United States
  31. April 23, 1945· cited 414×
    Rice v. Olson
  32. June 4, 1945· cited 410×
    Akins v. Texas
  33. February 12, 1945· cited 399×
    Tunstall v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen
  34. January 2, 1945· cited 394×
    Ex Parte Endo
  35. December 4, 1944· cited 394×
    Kann v. United States
  36. November 6, 1944· cited 373×
    Pope v. United States
  37. May 28, 1945· cited 362×
    Sinclair & Carroll Co. v. Interchemical Corp.
  38. February 5, 1945· cited 359×
    Muschany v. United States
  39. January 8, 1945· cited 342×
    Williams v. Kaiser
  40. December 18, 1944· cited 339×
    Walling v. Helmerich & Payne, Inc.
  41. April 23, 1945· cited 338×
    White v. Ragen
  42. October 9, 1944· cited 332×
    Interstate Commerce Commission v. City of Jersey City
  43. June 4, 1945· cited 318×
    Walling v. Youngerman-Reynolds Hardwood Co.
  44. January 29, 1945· cited 290×
    Weiler v. United States
  45. January 8, 1945· cited 289×
    United States v. Rosenwasser
  46. February 5, 1945· cited 282×
    Herb v. Pitcairn
  47. April 2, 1945· cited 276×
    Gemsco, Inc. v. Walling
  48. June 11, 1945· cited 268×
    Angelus Milling Co. v. Commissioner
  49. June 18, 1945· cited 267×
    Railway Mail Assn. v. Corsi
  50. March 5, 1945· cited 267×
    United States v. Frankfort Distilleries, Inc.
  51. December 18, 1944· cited 266×
    United States v. Crescent Amusement Co.
  52. March 26, 1945· cited 261×
    Commissioner v. Wemyss
  53. March 26, 1945· cited 256×
    Commissioner v. Smith
  54. January 29, 1945· cited 255×
    Rosenman v. United States
  55. March 5, 1945· cited 243×
    Robinson v. United States
  56. April 2, 1945· cited 240×
    Market Street Railway Co. v. Railroad Commission of California
  57. October 9, 1944· cited 239×
    Feldman v. United States
  58. January 2, 1945· cited 236×
    Commissioner v. Scottish American Investment Co.
  59. April 23, 1945· cited 234×
    Corn Products Refining Co. v. Federal Trade Commission
  60. January 8, 1945· cited 231×
    Hartford-Empire Co. v. United States
  61. December 18, 1944· cited 227×
    Wallace Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board
  62. May 21, 1945· cited 224×
    United States Alkali Export Ass'n v. United States
  63. December 4, 1944· cited 220×
    Cline v. Kaplan
  64. September 20, 1945· cited 219×
    Radio Station Wow, Inc. v. Johnson
  65. April 23, 1945· cited 218×
    Cramer v. United States
  66. December 4, 1944· cited 216×
    McDonald v. Commissioner
  67. June 11, 1945· cited 214×
    In Re Summers
  68. February 26, 1945· cited 214×
    Young v. Higbee Co.
  69. May 7, 1945· cited 207×
    United States v. Willow River Power Co.
  70. June 18, 1945· cited 202×
    ICC v. Parker
  71. June 11, 1945· cited 199×
    Hill v. Florida Ex Rel. Watson
  72. January 8, 1945· cited 196×
    McKenzie v. Irving Trust Co.
  73. April 23, 1945· cited 189×
    Hooven & Allison Co. v. Evatt
  74. January 2, 1945· cited 189×
    United States v. Waddill, Holland & Flinn, Inc.
  75. December 4, 1944· cited 184×
    Barber v. Barber
  76. March 5, 1945· cited 183×
    Merrill v. Fahs
  77. February 5, 1945· cited 181×
    Republic of Mexico v. Hoffman
  78. May 21, 1945· cited 179×
    Esenwein v. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Esenwein
  79. February 26, 1945· cited 178×
    Canadian Aviator, Ltd. v. United States
  80. May 21, 1945· cited 171×
    Jewell Ridge Coal Corp. v. Local No. 6167, United Mine Workers
  81. January 29, 1945· cited 163×
    Fondren v. Commissioner
  82. February 5, 1945· cited 159×
    Price v. Gurney
  83. February 5, 1945· cited 155×
    Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Co. v. Rothensies
  84. June 11, 1945· cited 151×
    Commissioner v. Disston
  85. January 2, 1945· cited 151×
    Coffman v. Breeze Corporations, Inc.
  86. March 12, 1945· cited 149×
    Dow Chemical Co. v. Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co.
  87. June 18, 1945· cited 147×
    Hunt v. Crumboch
  88. February 12, 1945· cited 143×
    State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Duel
  89. June 18, 1945· cited 140×
    Commissioner v. Estate of Bedford
  90. January 29, 1945· cited 135×
    Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Lenroot
  91. January 8, 1945· cited 135×
    Tomkins v. Missouri
  92. April 9, 1945· cited 134×
    Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co. v. Federal Power Commission
  93. December 11, 1944· cited 134×
    Claridge Apartments Co. v. Commissioner
  94. June 11, 1945· cited 128×
    10 East 40th Street Building, Inc. v. Callus
  95. April 23, 1945· cited 127×
    Federal Trade Commission v. A. E. Staley Manufacturing Co.
  96. January 8, 1945· cited 126×
    National Metropolitan Bank v. United States
  97. November 6, 1944· cited 123×
    Carolene Products Co. v. United States
  98. October 9, 1944· cited 116×
    Universal Oil Products Co. v. Globe Oil & Refining Co.
  99. June 18, 1945· cited 112×
    Borden Co. v. Borella
  100. April 2, 1945· cited 111×
    Commissioner v. Wheeler

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