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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1947

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1947 (October 1, 1947 to September 30, 1948), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 381 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (381 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 8, 1948· cited 9,383×
    United States v. United States Gypsum Co.
  2. April 19, 1948· cited 2,464×
    Commissioner v. Sunnen
  3. March 8, 1948· cited 2,065×
    In Re Oliver
  4. May 3, 1948· cited 1,913×
    Shelley v. Kraemer
  5. June 14, 1948· cited 1,667×
    Townsend v. Burke
  6. January 19, 1948· cited 1,645×
    Von Moltke v. Gillies
  7. November 10, 1947· cited 1,581×
    Federal Crop Ins. Corp. v. Merrill
  8. January 19, 1948· cited 1,525×
    United States v. Di Re
  9. May 24, 1948· cited 1,320×
    Price v. Johnston
  10. May 3, 1948· cited 1,240×
    Winters v. New York
  11. January 19, 1948· cited 1,069×
    Haley v. Ohio
  12. March 29, 1948· cited 956×
    Commissioner v. South Texas Lumber Co.
  13. April 13, 1948· cited 928×
    Chicago & Southern Air Lines, Inc. v. Waterman Steamship Corp.
  14. March 8, 1948· cited 757×
    Cole v. Arkansas
  15. January 5, 1948· cited 757×
    Blumenthal v. United States
  16. April 26, 1948· cited 736×
    Federal Trade Commission v. Cement Institute
  17. May 3, 1948· cited 734×
    United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.
  18. October 15, 1947· cited 697×
    Craig v. Harney
  19. November 17, 1947· cited 691×
    International Salt Co. v. United States
  20. March 8, 1948· cited 651×
    Illinois Ex Rel. McCollum v. Board of Ed. of School Dist. No. 71, Champaign Cty.
  21. February 9, 1948· cited 646×
    Maggio v. Zeitz
  22. June 14, 1948· cited 611×
    Trupiano v. United States
  23. June 7, 1948· cited 608×
    Estin v. Estin
  24. January 12, 1948· cited 555×
    Sealfon v. United States
  25. October 13, 1947· cited 507×
    United States v. Standard Oil Co. Of California
  26. May 3, 1948· cited 506×
    United States v. Griffith
  27. June 1, 1948· cited 499×
    Mandeville Island Farms, Inc. v. American Crystal Sugar Co.
  28. June 7, 1948· cited 488×
    Sherrer v. Sherrer
  29. June 7, 1948· cited 486×
    Takahashi v. Fish & Game Commission
  30. June 7, 1948· cited 481×
    Saia v. New York
  31. May 3, 1948· cited 438×
    Federal Trade Commission v. Morton Salt Co.
  32. March 15, 1948· cited 423×
    Eccles v. Peoples Bank of Lakewood Village
  33. May 24, 1948· cited 398×
    Briggs v. Pennsylvania Railroad
  34. November 17, 1947· cited 367×
    Oyama v. California
  35. April 26, 1948· cited 356×
    Andres v. United States
  36. February 2, 1948· cited 354×
    Fong Haw Tan v. Phelan
  37. May 3, 1948· cited 333×
    Hurd v. Hodge
  38. June 7, 1948· cited 327×
    Bute v. Illinois
  39. April 19, 1948· cited 327×
    King v. Order of United Commercial Travelers of America
  40. April 26, 1948· cited 321×
    United States v. Scophony Corp. of America
  41. June 21, 1948· cited 318×
    United States v. Columbia Steel Co.
  42. June 21, 1948· cited 305×
    Ahrens v. Clark
  43. May 17, 1948· cited 280×
    Kennedy v. Silas Mason Co.
  44. December 8, 1947· cited 279×
    Patton v. Mississippi
  45. June 14, 1948· cited 265×
    Wade v. Mayo
  46. March 8, 1948· cited 261×
    Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co. v. Public Service Commission
  47. November 10, 1947· cited 260×
    Rodgers v. United States
  48. November 17, 1947· cited 258×
    Priebe & Sons, Inc. v. United States
  49. January 19, 1948· cited 257×
    Callen v. Pennsylvania Railroad
  50. February 16, 1948· cited 239×
    Woods v. Cloyd W. Miller Co.
  51. May 3, 1948· cited 231×
    Schine Chain Theatres, Inc. v. United States
  52. June 7, 1948· cited 222×
    Coe v. Coe
  53. January 26, 1948· cited 218×
    Cox v. United States
  54. December 15, 1947· cited 211×
    Williams v. Fanning
  55. January 19, 1948· cited 210×
    Jones v. Liberty Glass Co.
  56. November 10, 1947· cited 208×
    Delgadillo v. Carmichael
  57. February 2, 1948· cited 187×
    Morris v. McComb
  58. February 9, 1948· cited 184×
    Musser v. Utah
  59. June 21, 1948· cited 179×
    United States v. Congress of Industrial Organizations
  60. June 14, 1948· cited 172×
    Central Greyhound Lines, Inc. v. Mealey
  61. February 16, 1948· cited 172×
    Funk Bros. Seed Co. v. Kalo Inoculant Co.
  62. December 8, 1947· cited 162×
    Clark v. Uebersee Finanz-Korp., AG
  63. April 5, 1948· cited 157×
    United States v. Line Material Co.
  64. December 8, 1947· cited 151×
    Lillie v. Thompson
  65. January 12, 1948· cited 149×
    Marino v. Ragen
  66. June 21, 1948· cited 146×
    United States v. National City Lines, Inc.
  67. March 8, 1948· cited 143×
    Donaldson v. Read Magazine, Inc.
  68. November 10, 1947· cited 123×
    United States v. National Lead Co.
  69. May 3, 1948· cited 121×
    Republic Natural Gas Co. v. Oklahoma
  70. June 21, 1948· cited 120×
    Memphis Natural Gas Co. v. Stone
  71. March 15, 1948· cited 118×
    Francis v. Southern Pacific Co.
  72. February 2, 1948· cited 104×
    Kavanagh v. Noble
  73. May 10, 1948· cited 103×
    Schwabacher v. United States
  74. March 8, 1948· cited 103×
    Aero Mayflower Transit Co. v. Board of Railroad Commissioners
  75. January 12, 1948· cited 98×
    Globe Liquor Co. v. San Roman
  76. April 12, 1948· cited 96×
    Sipuel v. Board of Regents of Univ. of Okla.
  77. March 15, 1948· cited 90×
    Woods v. Stone
  78. February 2, 1948· cited 87×
    Le Maistre v. Leffers
  79. June 21, 1948· cited 84×
    United States v. CIO
  80. January 19, 1948· cited 82×
    Lee v. Mississippi
  81. March 29, 1948· cited 79×
    Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance v. Moore
  82. February 2, 1948· cited 79×
    Bob-Lo Excursion Co. v. Michigan
  83. March 15, 1948· cited 74×
    Bakery Sales Drivers Local Union No. 33 v. Wagshal
  84. March 8, 1948· cited 74×
    Suttle v. Reich Bros. Construction Co.
  85. June 1, 1948· cited 68×
    Paterno v. Lyons
  86. June 1, 1948· cited 67×
    Hilton v. Sullivan
  87. June 7, 1948· cited 64×
    Kreiger v. Kreiger
  88. May 24, 1948· cited 64×
    United States v. United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
  89. June 21, 1948· cited 59×
    Phyle v. Duffy
  90. March 29, 1948· cited 55×
    Davis v. Beeler
  91. December 8, 1947· cited 55×
    Silesian-American Corp. v. Clark
  92. June 14, 1948· cited 53×
    United States v. John J. Felin & Co.
  93. April 26, 1948· cited 47×
    United States v. South Buffalo Railway Co.
  94. February 16, 1948· cited 47×
    Seaboard Air Line Railroad v. Daniel
  95. April 5, 1948· cited 45×
    Parker v. Illinois
  96. October 20, 1947· cited 36×
    Securities & Exchange Commission v. Engineers Public Service Co.
  97. June 14, 1948· cited 35×
    West v. Oklahoma Tax Commission
  98. April 26, 1948· cited 35×
    Anderson v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.
  99. March 8, 1948· cited 35×
    Mitchell v. Cohen
  100. October 20, 1947· cited 30×
    Brown Instrument Co. v. Warner

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