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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1948

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1948 (October 1, 1948 to September 30, 1949), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 417 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (417 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 20, 1949· cited 10,863×
    Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp.
  2. December 20, 1948· cited 3,220×
    Adkins v. E. I. DuPont De Nemours & Co.
  3. June 6, 1949· cited 2,766×
    Williams v. New York
  4. February 14, 1949· cited 1,808×
    Michelson v. United States
  5. December 20, 1948· cited 1,736×
    McDonald v. United States
  6. June 27, 1949· cited 1,554×
    Wolf v. Colorado
  7. April 25, 1949· cited 1,511×
    Wade v. Hunter
  8. June 20, 1949· cited 1,351×
    Urie v. Thompson
  9. March 28, 1949· cited 1,293×
    Krulewitch v. United States
  10. June 13, 1949· cited 1,230×
    Terminiello v. Chicago
  11. February 14, 1949· cited 1,180×
    McComb v. Jacksonville Paper Co.
  12. January 17, 1949· cited 1,144×
    Klapprott v. United States
  13. June 27, 1949· cited 1,129×
    Commissioner v. Culbertson
  14. February 28, 1949· cited 1,120×
    Kovacs v. Cooper
  15. May 31, 1949· cited 977×
    Nye & Nissen v. United States
  16. April 4, 1949· cited 874×
    Giboney v. Empire Storage & Ice Co.
  17. June 27, 1949· cited 831×
    Watts v. Indiana
  18. October 11, 1948· cited 726×
    Gryger v. Burke
  19. January 31, 1949· cited 673×
    Railway Express Agency, Inc. v. New York
  20. October 11, 1948· cited 671×
    Toomer v. Witsell
  21. October 11, 1948· cited 599×
    Shapiro v. United States
  22. April 18, 1949· cited 560×
    H. P. Hood & Sons, Inc. v. Du Mond
  23. May 31, 1949· cited 508×
    Ex Parte Collett
  24. June 20, 1949· cited 503×
    Ragan v. Merchants Transfer & Warehouse Co.
  25. June 13, 1949· cited 495×
    Standard Oil Co. of California v. United States
  26. March 28, 1949· cited 493×
    Wilkerson v. McCarthy
  27. June 20, 1949· cited 479×
    Woods v. Interstate Realty Co.
  28. October 11, 1948· cited 478×
    Lichter v. United States
  29. June 27, 1949· cited 443×
    Kimball Laundry Co. v. United States
  30. January 17, 1949· cited 422×
    Henslee v. Union Planters National Bank & Trust Co.
  31. June 27, 1949· cited 415×
    Lustig v. United States
  32. March 28, 1949· cited 410×
    National Carbide Corp. v. Commissioner
  33. April 4, 1949· cited 403×
    Farrell v. United States
  34. May 16, 1949· cited 344×
    Brooks v. United States
  35. January 17, 1949· cited 341×
    Commissioner v. Jacobson
  36. March 7, 1949· cited 328×
    Foley Bros., Inc. v. Filardo
  37. December 13, 1948· cited 323×
    Upshaw v. United States
  38. June 27, 1949· cited 311×
    Cosmopolitan Shipping Co. v. McAllister
  39. June 20, 1949· cited 311×
    Propper v. Clark
  40. January 3, 1949· cited 305×
    Frazier v. United States
  41. December 20, 1948· cited 298×
    Goesaert v. Cleary
  42. January 1, 1949· cited 288×
    Lincoln Federal Labor Union v. Northwestern Iron & Metal Co.
  43. February 14, 1949· cited 281×
    Commissioner v. Estate of Church
  44. May 2, 1949· cited 280×
    International Union, U. A. W. A., A. F. of L., Local 232 v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Board
  45. December 13, 1948· cited 278×
    Uveges v. Pennsylvania
  46. August 4, 1949· cited 277×
    Turner v. Pennsylvania
  47. June 13, 1949· cited 272×
    Federal Communications Commission v. WJR, Goodwill Station, Inc.
  48. June 20, 1949· cited 241×
    United States v. Interstate Commerce Commission
  49. October 11, 1948· cited 238×
    Bay Ridge Operating Co. v. Aaron
  50. February 14, 1949· cited 232×
    Lawson v. Suwannee Fruit & Steamship Co.
  51. March 7, 1949· cited 223×
    City of New York v. Saper
  52. June 27, 1949· cited 204×
    Harris v. South Carolina
  53. March 28, 1949· cited 202×
    United States v. Women's Sportswear Manufacturers Ass'n
  54. December 6, 1948· cited 201×
    Kordel v. United States
  55. October 11, 1948· cited 201×
    Ludecke v. Watkins
  56. January 3, 1949· cited 188×
    American Federation of Labor v. American Sash & Door Co.
  57. May 2, 1949· cited 181×
    California v. Zook
  58. March 7, 1949· cited 172×
    Algoma Plywood & Veneer Co. v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Board
  59. May 9, 1949· cited 165×
    United States v. Wallace & Tiernan Co.
  60. January 3, 1949· cited 165×
    Jungersen v. Ostby & Barton Co.
  61. June 13, 1949· cited 164×
    City of Morgantown v. Royal Insurance
  62. January 17, 1949· cited 162×
    Estate of Spiegel v. Commissioner
  63. May 31, 1949· cited 160×
    Fountain v. Filson
  64. February 28, 1949· cited 153×
    Daniel v. Family Security Life Insurance
  65. May 31, 1949· cited 152×
    Hynes, Regional Director, Fish & Wildlife Service v. Grimes Packing Co.
  66. January 3, 1949· cited 151×
    Coray v. Southern Pacific Co.
  67. June 27, 1949· cited 150×
    Gibbs v. Burke
  68. June 27, 1949· cited 146×
    National Labor Relations Board v. Crompton-Highland Mills, Inc.
  69. October 21, 1948· cited 142×
    MacDougall v. Green
  70. June 6, 1949· cited 136×
    Young v. Ragen
  71. March 14, 1949· cited 133×
    Stainback v. Mo Hock Ke Lok Po
  72. February 7, 1949· cited 133×
    Ott v. Mississippi Valley Barge Line Co.
  73. May 16, 1949· cited 130×
    Union National Bank v. Lamb
  74. December 6, 1948· cited 129×
    Vermilya-Brown Co. v. Connell
  75. June 20, 1949· cited 126×
    Wheeling Steel Corp. v. Glander
  76. June 20, 1949· cited 124×
    Aeronautical Industrial District Lodge 727 v. Campbell
  77. March 7, 1949· cited 124×
    Fisher v. Pace
  78. June 27, 1949· cited 117×
    Eisler v. United States
  79. April 25, 1949· cited 117×
    Oklahoma Tax Commission v. Texas Co.
  80. February 7, 1949· cited 110×
    Callaway v. Benton
  81. January 17, 1949· cited 109×
    La Crosse Telephone Corp. v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Board
  82. September 16, 1949· cited 108×
    Telefilm, Inc. v. Superior Court
  83. May 31, 1949· cited 103×
    Humphrey v. Smith
  84. June 27, 1949· cited 92×
    Christoffel v. United States
  85. February 28, 1949· cited 92×
    United States Ex Rel. Hirshberg v. Cooke
  86. June 27, 1949· cited 89×
    Securities & Exchange Commission v. Central-Illinois Securities Corp.
  87. October 11, 1948· cited 89×
    Comstock v. Group of Institutional Investors
  88. April 4, 1949· cited 88×
    Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad v. Acme Fast Freight, Inc.
  89. November 8, 1948· cited 83×
    Hoiness v. United States
  90. June 13, 1949· cited 80×
    Black Diamond Steamship Corp. v. Robert Stewart & Sons, Ltd.
  91. June 20, 1949· cited 77×
    United States v. ICC
  92. June 27, 1949· cited 75×
    Interstate Oil Pipe Line Co. v. Stone
  93. January 31, 1949· cited 75×
    Goggin v. Division of Labor Law Enforcement of Cal.
  94. October 11, 1948· cited 74×
    United States v. Zazove
  95. January 3, 1949· cited 70×
    Ayrshire Collieries Corp. v. United States
  96. May 31, 1949· cited 66×
    Empresa Siderurgica, S. A. v. County of Merced
  97. February 28, 1949· cited 63×
    National Labor Relations Board v. Stowe Spinning Co.
  98. January 10, 1949· cited 62×
    Foreman's Ass'n of America v. Edward G. Budd Manufacturing Co.
  99. April 18, 1949· cited 60×
    Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics Board
  100. November 15, 1948· cited 60×
    Eckenrode v. Pennsylvania Railroad

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