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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1945

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1945 (October 1, 1945 to September 30, 1946), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 423 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (423 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 3, 1945· cited 18,588×
    International Shoe Co. v. Washington
  2. June 10, 1946· cited 7,845×
    Kotteakos v. United States
  3. April 1, 1946· cited 4,157×
    Bell v. Hood
  4. February 25, 1946· cited 1,492×
    Holmberg v. Armbrecht
  5. May 20, 1946· cited 1,489×
    Seas Shipping Co. v. Sieracki
  6. March 25, 1946· cited 1,158×
    Bigelow v. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.
  7. June 10, 1946· cited 1,149×
    American Tobacco Co. v. United States
  8. January 7, 1946· cited 1,138×
    Commissioner v. Flowers
  9. January 28, 1946· cited 1,049×
    Marsh v. Alabama
  10. February 25, 1946· cited 1,043×
    Commissioner v. Tower
  11. May 27, 1946· cited 1,036×
    United States v. Causby
  12. February 11, 1946· cited 1,024×
    Oklahoma Press Publishing Co. v. Walling
  13. March 25, 1946· cited 970×
    Lavender v. Kurn
  14. January 28, 1946· cited 949×
    Bollenbach v. United States
  15. February 4, 1946· cited 914×
    Estep v. United States
  16. June 3, 1946· cited 848×
    Porter v. Warner Holding Co.
  17. May 20, 1946· cited 744×
    Thiel v. Southern Pacific Co.
  18. October 8, 1945· cited 691×
    Associated Press v. United States
  19. June 3, 1946· cited 654×
    United States v. Lovett
  20. May 27, 1946· cited 603×
    Fishgold v. Sullivan Drydock & Repair Corp.
  21. March 11, 1946· cited 586×
    United States v. Pierce Auto Freight Lines, Inc.
  22. June 3, 1946· cited 529×
    Pennekamp v. Florida
  23. January 7, 1946· cited 482×
    Markham v. Allen
  24. January 2, 1946· cited 481×
    Mississippi Publishing Corp. v. Murphree
  25. January 14, 1946· cited 471×
    Markham v. Cabell
  26. April 22, 1946· cited 453×
    Burton-Sutton Oil Co. v. Commissioner
  27. January 7, 1946· cited 447×
    John Kelley Co. v. Commissioner
  28. March 25, 1946· cited 433×
    United States v. Petty Motor Co.
  29. May 27, 1946· cited 428×
    Heiser v. Woodruff
  30. November 13, 1945· cited 428×
    Boehm v. Commissioner
  31. October 8, 1945· cited 422×
    Allen Bradley Co. v. Local Union No. 3, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
  32. June 3, 1946· cited 408×
    Prudential Insurance v. Benjamin
  33. February 25, 1946· cited 395×
    Social Security Board v. Nierotko
  34. February 25, 1946· cited 387×
    Lusthaus v. Commissioner
  35. February 25, 1946· cited 386×
    Commissioner v. Wilcox
  36. January 28, 1946· cited 371×
    Township of Hillsborough v. Cromwell
  37. January 7, 1946· cited 352×
    Better Business Bureau of Washington, D. C., Inc. v. United States
  38. December 10, 1945· cited 352×
    May Department Stores Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
  39. November 13, 1945· cited 348×
    Hawk v. Olson
  40. April 22, 1946· cited 317×
    Girouard v. United States
  41. April 29, 1946· cited 312×
    D. A. Schulte, Inc. v. Gangi
  42. February 11, 1946· cited 311×
    Ashbacker Radio Corp. v. Federal Communications Commission
  43. April 29, 1946· cited 294×
    Griffin v. Griffin
  44. November 13, 1945· cited 283×
    Glass City Bank v. United States
  45. March 25, 1946· cited 277×
    American Federation of Labor v. Watson
  46. February 25, 1946· cited 259×
    Nippert v. City of Richmond
  47. March 25, 1946· cited 255×
    Jacob Siegel Co. v. Federal Trade Commission
  48. April 29, 1946· cited 249×
    First Iowa Hydro-Electric Cooperative v. Federal Power Commission
  49. April 22, 1946· cited 244×
    Swanson v. Marra Brothers, Inc.
  50. January 28, 1946· cited 236×
    Order of Railway Conductors of America v. Pitney
  51. March 25, 1946· cited 230×
    Kennecott Copper Corp. v. State Tax Commission
  52. November 5, 1945· cited 230×
    In Re Michael
  53. February 11, 1946· cited 218×
    Mabee v. White Plains Publishing Co.
  54. April 1, 1946· cited 209×
    North American Co. v. Securities & Exchange Commission
  55. April 29, 1946· cited 208×
    Thompson v. Texas Mexican Railway Co.
  56. November 13, 1945· cited 207×
    Scott Paper Co. v. Marcalus Manufacturing Co.
  57. March 25, 1946· cited 202×
    S. R. A., Inc. v. Minnesota
  58. March 25, 1946· cited 201×
    MacAuley v. Waterman Steamship Corp.
  59. January 28, 1946· cited 199×
    Roland Electrical Co. v. Walling
  60. February 4, 1946· cited 196×
    In Re Yamashita
  61. January 28, 1946· cited 196×
    Allen v. Trust Co. of Ga.
  62. March 25, 1946· cited 193×
    United States Ex Rel. Tennessee Valley Authority v. Welch
  63. February 4, 1946· cited 193×
    Chatwin v. United States
  64. February 25, 1946· cited 181×
    National Labor Relations Board v. Cheney California Lumber Co.
  65. May 13, 1946· cited 179×
    Reconstruction Finance Corporation v. Beaver County
  66. June 3, 1946· cited 172×
    Morgan v. Virginia
  67. April 22, 1946· cited 165×
    Queenside Hills Realty Co. v. Saxl
  68. March 25, 1946· cited 165×
    Cherry Cotton Mills, Inc. v. United States
  69. November 5, 1945· cited 162×
    East New York Savings Bank v. Hahn
  70. January 7, 1946· cited 154×
    Commissioner v. Estate of Holmes
  71. February 11, 1946· cited 152×
    Fernandez v. Wiener
  72. January 14, 1946· cited 151×
    Williams v. Green Bay & Western Railroad
  73. January 28, 1946· cited 149×
    Kirby Petroleum Co. v. Commissioner
  74. February 4, 1946· cited 145×
    Hannegan v. Esquire, Inc.
  75. April 22, 1946· cited 141×
    United States v. Rice
  76. May 20, 1946· cited 140×
    United States v. Joseph A. Holpuch Co.
  77. December 3, 1945· cited 139×
    United States v. Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Co.
  78. February 4, 1946· cited 137×
    Case v. Bowles
  79. January 7, 1946· cited 134×
    New York Ex Rel. Ray v. Martin
  80. February 4, 1946· cited 133×
    Meyer v. Fleming
  81. January 2, 1946· cited 132×
    Schenley Distillers Corporation v. United States
  82. December 10, 1945· cited 131×
    General Electric Co. v. Jewel Incandescent Lamp Co.
  83. January 7, 1946· cited 120×
    Mine Safety Appliances Co. v. Forrestal
  84. February 25, 1946· cited 118×
    Duncan v. Kahanamoku
  85. April 29, 1946· cited 117×
    Smith v. Hoboken Railroad, Warehouse & Steamship Connecting Co.
  86. March 4, 1946· cited 112×
    Canizio v. New York
  87. October 15, 1945· cited 106×
    Inland Empire District Council, Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union, Lewiston, Idaho v. Millis
  88. March 25, 1946· cited 105×
    M. Kraus & Bros., Inc. v. United States
  89. November 5, 1945· cited 104×
    Asbury Hospital v. Cass County
  90. May 27, 1946· cited 102×
    Porter v. Lee
  91. October 8, 1945· cited 101×
    Goldstone v. United States
  92. June 10, 1946· cited 98×
    Hust v. Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.
  93. October 8, 1945· cited 95×
    Southern Pac. Co. v. State of Arizona Ex Rel. Sullivan, Attorney General of Arizona
  94. June 10, 1946· cited 86×
    Bihn v. United States
  95. April 22, 1946· cited 81×
    Utah Junk Co. v. Porter
  96. June 10, 1946· cited 79×
    RFC v. Denver & RGWR Co.
  97. February 25, 1946· cited 75×
    American Surety Co. of NY v. Sampsell
  98. February 4, 1946· cited 70×
    Tucker v. Texas
  99. March 4, 1946· cited 69×
    Martino v. Michigan Window Cleaning Co.
  100. April 22, 1946· cited 68×
    Wilson v. Cook

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