Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1949
Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1949 (October 1, 1949 to September 30, 1950), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 400 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (400 with at least one citation, 0 with a syllabus, counted separately); up to 100 of them, ordered by citation count, are listed below.
- June 5, 1950· cited 10,395×Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co.
- October 10, 1949· cited 6,013×Brinegar v. United States
- February 20, 1950· cited 2,080×United States v. Rabinowitz
- October 10, 1949· cited 1,701×Larson v. Domestic and Foreign Commerce Corp.
- June 5, 1950· cited 1,625×Skelly Oil Co. v. Phillips Petroleum Co.
- February 6, 1950· cited 1,061×United States v. Morton Salt Co.
- April 3, 1950· cited 969×Darr v. Burford
- May 8, 1950· cited 933×American Communications Assn. v. Douds
- June 5, 1950· cited 755×Travelers Health Assn. v. Virginia Ex Rel. State Corporation Comm'n
- June 5, 1950· cited 689×United States v. Bryan
- March 13, 1950· cited 636×Wong Yang Sung v. McGrath
- February 6, 1950· cited 577×United States Ex Rel. Knauff v. Shaughnessy
- January 16, 1950· cited 571×United States v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.
- December 5, 1949· cited 524×United States v. Yellow Cab Co.
- June 5, 1950· cited 516×Johnson v. Eisentrager
- April 24, 1950· cited 516×Cassell v. Texas
- June 5, 1950· cited 490×Ewing v. Mytinger & Casselberry, Inc.
- April 10, 1950· cited 460×Slocum v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
- June 5, 1950· cited 436×Swift & Co. Packers v. Compania Colombiana Del Caribe, S. A.
- February 20, 1950· cited 429×United States v. Cumberland Public Service Co.
- May 8, 1950· cited 350×Hughes v. Superior Court of Cal. for Contra Costa Cty.
- October 10, 1949· cited 328×National Mutual Insurance v. Tidewater Transfer Co.
- January 9, 1950· cited 323×Maryland v. Baltimore Radio Show, Inc. Et Al.
- January 16, 1950· cited 321×Dickinson v. Petroleum Conversion Corp.
- June 5, 1950· cited 298×United States v. National Ass'n of Real Estate Boards
- June 5, 1950· cited 296×Automatic Radio Mfg. Co., Inc. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc
- February 6, 1950· cited 281×Wissner v. Wissner
- June 5, 1950· cited 260×Sweatt v. Painter
- May 15, 1950· cited 252×Building Service Employees International Union, Local 262 v. Gazzam
- May 15, 1950· cited 250×Powell v. United States Cartridge Co.
- May 29, 1950· cited 243×United States v. United States Smelting Refining & Mining Co.
- November 21, 1949· cited 241×Brown v. Western R. Co. of Ala.
- June 5, 1950· cited 238×Roberts v. United States District Court for the Northern District of California
- May 8, 1950· cited 201×International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. Hanke
- February 6, 1950· cited 197×Manning v. Seeley Tube & Box Co.
- May 15, 1950· cited 193×National Labor Relations Board v. Mexia Textile Mills, Inc.
- October 10, 1949· cited 187×United States v. Cors
- May 1, 1950· cited 183×United States v. Commodities Trading Corp.
- December 12, 1949· cited 180×O'Donnell v. Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co.
- June 5, 1950· cited 172×International Union of United Automobile v. O'Brien
- October 10, 1949· cited 170×Farmers Reservoir & Irrigation Co. v. McComb
- October 10, 1949· cited 170×Ederal Power Commission v. Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co.
- June 5, 1950· cited 165×McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education
- November 7, 1949· cited 165×Graham v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen
- March 13, 1950· cited 158×Affolder v. New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad
- March 27, 1950· cited 155×Solesbee v. Balkcom
- January 9, 1950· cited 155×Carter v. Atlanta & St. Andrews Bay Railway Co.
- December 12, 1949· cited 153×United States v. Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Navigation Co.
- June 5, 1950· cited 151×United States v. Kansas City Life Insurance
- February 20, 1950· cited 151×District of Columbia v. Little
- May 8, 1950· cited 150×United States v. Fleischman
- March 13, 1950· cited 149×United States v. Moorman
- November 7, 1949· cited 145×Commissioner v. Connelly
- November 7, 1949· cited 145×United States v. Spelar
- April 17, 1950· cited 144×Hiatt v. Brown
- February 6, 1950· cited 143×Trembois v. Standard Railway Equipment Manufacturing Co.
- December 5, 1949· cited 142×Boyd v. Grand Trunk Western Railroad
- January 16, 1950· cited 135×Savorgnan v. United States
- November 14, 1949· cited 128×Reilly v. Pinkus
- February 13, 1950· cited 127×United States v. Alpers
- February 6, 1950· cited 123×Secretary of Agriculture v. Central Roig Refining Co.
- April 10, 1950· cited 120×Reider v. Thompson
- May 15, 1950· cited 112×Capitol Greyhound Lines v. Brice
- May 29, 1950· cited 109×Brown Shoe Co. v. Commissioner
- April 24, 1950· cited 104×South v. Peters
- January 16, 1950· cited 101×Federal Power Commission v. East Ohio Gas Co.
- June 5, 1950· cited 98×Quicksall v. Michigan
- April 10, 1950· cited 97×Order of Railway Conductors v. Southern Railway Co.
- March 13, 1950· cited 94×United States v. Burnison
- March 27, 1950· cited 81×Chapman v. Sheridan-Wyoming Coal Co.
- December 5, 1949· cited 80×Parker v. County of Los Angeles
- June 5, 1950· cited 79×Shipman v. DuPre
- June 5, 1950· cited 78×Commissioner v. Korell
- April 10, 1950· cited 77×Morford v. United States
- June 5, 1950· cited 76×Young v. New York Central Railroad
- November 14, 1949· cited 70×Oakley v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad
- February 6, 1950· cited 68×Regents of the University System of Georgia v. Carroll
- December 5, 1949· cited 63×Kingsland v. Dorsey
- October 24, 1949· cited 62×Geisler v. United States
- February 13, 1950· cited 61×Plankinton Packing Co. v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Board
- June 5, 1950· cited 60×Shoong v. Commissioner
- October 10, 1949· cited 60×Commissioner v. Wodehouse
- November 21, 1949· cited 59×Commissioner v. Philadelphia Transportation Co.
- October 10, 1949· cited 59×Turner Glass Corp. v. Hartford-Empire Co.
- December 12, 1949· cited 58×Colgate-Palmolive-Peet Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
- April 17, 1950· cited 55×United States v. Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co.
- June 5, 1950· cited 52×Automatic Radio Manufacturing Co. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc.
- March 27, 1950· cited 51×Piedmont Cotton Mills v. Commissioner
- March 13, 1950· cited 51×Overlakes Freight Corp. v. Murphy
- December 19, 1949· cited 49×Alcoa Steamship Co. v. United States
- May 1, 1950· cited 48×Railway Labor Executives' Ass'n v. United States
- February 6, 1950· cited 46×Civil Aeronautics Board v. State Airlines, Inc.
- November 7, 1949· cited 46×Treichler v. Wisconsin
- February 13, 1950· cited 44×United States Ex Rel. Eichenlaub v. Shaughnessy
- January 9, 1950· cited 44×Manufacturers Trust Co. v. Becker
- November 14, 1949· cited 44×Faulkner v. Gibbs
- February 6, 1950· cited 42×New Jersey Realty Title Insurance v. Division of Tax Appeals
- February 2, 1950· cited 40×United States v. Capital Transit Co.
- October 24, 1949· cited 40×Baskin v. Industrial Accident Commission
- December 12, 1949· cited 38×United States v. Shoreline Cooperative Apartments, Inc.
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