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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1946

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1946 (October 1, 1946 to September 30, 1947), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 439 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (439 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. March 10, 1947· cited 5,292×
    Gulf Oil Corp. v. Gilbert
  2. January 13, 1947· cited 4,981×
    Hickman v. Taylor
  3. June 23, 1947· cited 3,981×
    Securities & Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corp.
  4. October 14, 1946· cited 3,200×
    Pinkerton v. United States
  5. March 6, 1947· cited 2,872×
    United States v. United Mine Workers of America
  6. May 5, 1947· cited 2,636×
    Rice v. Santa Fe Elevator Corp.
  7. October 14, 1946· cited 2,009×
    Anderson v. Mt. Clemens Pottery Co.
  8. March 10, 1947· cited 1,823×
    Everson v. Board of Ed. of Ewing
  9. October 14, 1946· cited 1,616×
    Securities and Exchange Commission v. W. J. Howey Co.
  10. February 10, 1947· cited 1,457×
    United Public Workers of America v. Mitchell
  11. April 7, 1947· cited 1,339×
    Land v. Dollar
  12. March 10, 1947· cited 1,073×
    Koster v. (American) Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co.
  13. June 23, 1947· cited 896×
    United States v. Petrillo
  14. June 9, 1947· cited 771×
    Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
  15. June 9, 1947· cited 764×
    United States v. Bayer
  16. April 14, 1947· cited 759×
    Crane v. Commissioner
  17. January 13, 1947· cited 728×
    Vanston Bondholders Protective Committee v. Green
  18. December 9, 1946· cited 727×
    Unemployment Compensation Comm'n of Alaska v. Aragon
  19. June 16, 1947· cited 681×
    Rutherford Food Corp. v. McComb
  20. June 9, 1947· cited 667×
    Rescue Army v. Municipal Court of Los Angeles
  21. June 16, 1947· cited 647×
    United States v. Silk
  22. February 17, 1947· cited 644×
    Angel v. Bullington
  23. November 25, 1946· cited 624×
    American Power & Light Co. v. Securities & Exchange Commission
  24. February 17, 1947· cited 614×
    Bozza v. United States
  25. February 10, 1947· cited 571×
    Louisiana Ex Rel. Francis v. Resweber
  26. June 23, 1947· cited 547×
    Adamson v. California
  27. March 10, 1947· cited 525×
    Packard Motor Car Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
  28. December 9, 1946· cited 512×
    Ballard v. United States
  29. December 9, 1946· cited 506×
    Fiswick v. United States
  30. June 16, 1947· cited 505×
    United States v. Dickinson
  31. March 10, 1947· cited 481×
    Testa v. Katt
  32. June 23, 1947· cited 479×
    United States v. Munsey Trust Co.
  33. June 23, 1947· cited 464×
    Ex Parte Fahey
  34. March 3, 1947· cited 464×
    Cone v. West Virginia Pulp & Paper Co.
  35. March 10, 1947· cited 463×
    United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America v. United States
  36. June 23, 1947· cited 462×
    Sunal v. Large
  37. June 23, 1947· cited 446×
    Fay v. New York
  38. June 23, 1947· cited 435×
    United States v. California
  39. March 10, 1947· cited 423×
    Cardillo v. Liberty Mutual Insurance
  40. March 31, 1947· cited 419×
    New York Ex Rel. Halvey v. Halvey
  41. June 23, 1947· cited 409×
    Fahey v. Mallonee
  42. October 28, 1946· cited 400×
    Colegrove v. Green
  43. June 16, 1947· cited 399×
    Aircraft & Diesel Equipment Corp. v. Hirsch
  44. June 23, 1947· cited 394×
    Bartels v. Birmingham
  45. February 17, 1947· cited 388×
    Gardner v. New Jersey
  46. January 13, 1947· cited 388×
    Freeman v. Hewit
  47. December 23, 1946· cited 377×
    National Labor Relations Board v. A. J. Tower Co.
  48. October 21, 1946· cited 353×
    Zap v. United States
  49. April 28, 1947· cited 334×
    Kotch v. Board of River Port Pilot Comm'rs for Port of New Orleans
  50. April 7, 1947· cited 334×
    Bethlehem Steel Co. v. New York State Labor Relations Board
  51. December 16, 1946· cited 331×
    Rothensies v. Electric Storage Battery Co.
  52. May 5, 1947· cited 327×
    Penfield Co. v. Securities & Exchange Commission
  53. February 3, 1947· cited 322×
    Ellis v. Union Pacific Railroad
  54. February 3, 1947· cited 305×
    United States v. Carmack
  55. June 2, 1947· cited 300×
    Cope v. Anderson
  56. January 13, 1947· cited 274×
    Anderson v. Yungkau
  57. March 3, 1947· cited 268×
    Morris v. Jones
  58. April 7, 1947· cited 267×
    Bruce's Juices, Inc. v. American Can Co.
  59. February 17, 1947· cited 267×
    Walling v. Portland Terminal Co.
  60. June 23, 1947· cited 265×
    American Stevedores, Inc. v. Porello
  61. February 10, 1947· cited 261×
    Oklahoma v. United States Civil Service Commission
  62. April 28, 1947· cited 258×
    Champion Spark Plug Co. v. Sanders
  63. February 3, 1947· cited 247×
    United States v. N. Y. Rayon Importing Co.
  64. December 9, 1946· cited 221×
    Federal Communications Commission v. Woko, Inc.
  65. March 31, 1947· cited 219×
    Levinson v. Spector Motor Service
  66. December 9, 1946· cited 216×
    Carter v. Illinois
  67. March 31, 1947· cited 210×
    Walling v. General Industries Co.
  68. June 9, 1947· cited 206×
    Order of United Commercial Travelers of America v. Wolfe
  69. June 9, 1947· cited 205×
    Clark v. Allen
  70. November 25, 1946· cited 201×
    Richfield Oil Corp. v. State Board of Equalization
  71. January 13, 1947· cited 199×
    Jesionowski v. Boston & Maine Railroad
  72. October 14, 1946· cited 195×
    Knauer v. United States
  73. April 28, 1947· cited 193×
    Fleming v. Mohawk Wrecking & Lumber Co.
  74. November 18, 1946· cited 193×
    Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co. v. Walker
  75. October 14, 1946· cited 186×
    Universal Oil Products Co. v. Root Refining Co.
  76. June 16, 1947· cited 177×
    Bazley v. Commissioner
  77. December 23, 1946· cited 176×
    Illinois Ex Rel. Gordon v. Campbell
  78. June 2, 1947· cited 172×
    Myers v. Reading Co.
  79. December 23, 1946· cited 172×
    Eagles v. United States Ex Rel. Samuels
  80. March 3, 1947· cited 171×
    National Labor Relations Board v. Donnelly Garment Co.
  81. January 20, 1947· cited 161×
    United States v. Thayer-West Point Hotel Co.
  82. April 28, 1947· cited 160×
    Fleming v. Rhodes
  83. June 23, 1947· cited 159×
    Foster v. Illinois
  84. December 9, 1946· cited 155×
    Alma Motor Co. v. Timken-Detroit Axle Co.
  85. April 28, 1947· cited 153×
    Trailmobile Co. v. Whirls
  86. February 3, 1947· cited 151×
    United States v. Sheridan
  87. December 16, 1946· cited 142×
    United States v. Ruzicka
  88. March 31, 1947· cited 139×
    Industrial Comm'n of Wis. v. McCartin
  89. March 31, 1947· cited 132×
    Pyramid Motor Freight Corp. v. Ispass
  90. February 3, 1947· cited 126×
    International Harvester Co. v. Evatt
  91. June 16, 1947· cited 122×
    McWilliams v. Commissioner
  92. June 16, 1947· cited 121×
    Interstate Natural Gas Co. v. Federal Power Commission
  93. April 14, 1947· cited 108×
    Independent Warehouses, Inc. v. Scheele
  94. June 16, 1947· cited 103×
    National Labor Relations Board v. E. C. Atkins & Co.
  95. February 3, 1947· cited 102×
    De Meerleer v. Michigan
  96. June 23, 1947· cited 101×
    Caldarola v. Eckert
  97. January 6, 1947· cited 100×
    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System v. Agnew
  98. June 16, 1947· cited 99×
    149 Madison Avenue Corp. v. Asselta
  99. March 3, 1947· cited 98×
    Transparent-Wrap MacHine Corp. v. Stokes & Smith Co.
  100. February 17, 1947· cited 95×
    Edward Katzinger Co. v. Chicago Metallic Manufacturing Co.

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