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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1952

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1952 (October 1, 1952 to September 30, 1953), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 451 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (451 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. May 25, 1953· cited 2,512×
    United States v. W. T. Grant Co.
  2. February 9, 1953· cited 2,465×
    Brown v. Allen
  3. June 8, 1953· cited 1,757×
    Dalehite v. United States
  4. November 10, 1952· cited 1,298×
    United States v. L. A. Tucker Truck Lines, Inc.
  5. December 22, 1952· cited 1,215×
    Public Serv. Comm'n of Utah v. Wycoff Co.
  6. February 9, 1953· cited 1,206×
    Kwong Hai Chew v. Colding
  7. March 16, 1953· cited 1,108×
    Lutwak v. United States
  8. April 6, 1953· cited 1,048×
    Ford Motor Co. v. Huffman
  9. October 13, 1952· cited 1,010×
    Leland v. Oregon
  10. April 6, 1953· cited 957×
    Orloff v. Willoughby
  11. June 15, 1953· cited 940×
    Barrows v. Jackson
  12. March 9, 1953· cited 873×
    United States v. Reynolds
  13. March 16, 1953· cited 871×
    Shaughnessy v. United States Ex Rel. Mezei
  14. December 15, 1952· cited 860×
    Wieman v. Updegraff
  15. May 25, 1953· cited 851×
    Lauritzen v. Larsen
  16. May 25, 1953· cited 844×
    Times-Picayune Publishing Co. v. United States
  17. June 15, 1953· cited 786×
    Stein v. New York
  18. November 24, 1952· cited 689×
    Kedroff v. Saint Nicholas Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church in North America
  19. May 18, 1953· cited 674×
    May v. Anderson
  20. June 15, 1953· cited 669×
    Burns v. Wilson
  21. December 22, 1952· cited 657×
    United States v. Universal C. I. T. Credit Corp.
  22. October 13, 1952· cited 644×
    On Lee v. United States
  23. June 15, 1953· cited 629×
    Terry v. Adams
  24. July 14, 1953· cited 541×
    Avery v. Georgia
  25. January 12, 1953· cited 537×
    National Labor Relations Board v. Seven-Up Bottling Co. of Miami, Inc.
  26. January 12, 1953· cited 500×
    City of New York v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
  27. March 9, 1953· cited 445×
    United States v. Rumely
  28. June 8, 1953· cited 437×
    Securities & Exchange Commission v. Ralston Purina Co.
  29. December 22, 1952· cited 370×
    Steele v. Bulova Watch Co.
  30. June 8, 1953· cited 347×
    United States v. International Building Co.
  31. March 9, 1953· cited 344×
    American Trucking Assns., Inc. v. United States
  32. June 8, 1953· cited 343×
    Poulos v. New Hampshire
  33. December 22, 1952· cited 336×
    F. W. Woolworth Co. v. Contemporary Arts, Inc.
  34. November 10, 1952· cited 330×
    Nathanson v. National Labor Relations Board
  35. April 27, 1953· cited 319×
    Heikkila v. Barber
  36. February 2, 1953· cited 306×
    Gordon v. United States
  37. May 18, 1953· cited 291×
    United States v. Public Utilities Commission
  38. April 6, 1953· cited 287×
    United States v. Kahriger
  39. April 6, 1953· cited 282×
    United States v. Gilbert Associates, Inc.
  40. May 18, 1953· cited 266×
    Healy v. Commissioner
  41. December 22, 1952· cited 263×
    Federal Trade Commission v. Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Co.
  42. December 15, 1952· cited 262×
    Schwartz v. Texas
  43. December 8, 1952· cited 259×
    Arrowsmith v. Commissioner
  44. February 9, 1953· cited 253×
    United States Ex Rel. Smith v. Baldi
  45. March 9, 1953· cited 251×
    Fowler v. Rhode Island
  46. June 1, 1953· cited 236×
    Polizzi v. Cowles Magazines, Inc.
  47. December 22, 1952· cited 226×
    Federal Power Commission v. Idaho Power Co.
  48. June 8, 1953· cited 216×
    Federal Communications Commission v. RCA Communications, Inc.
  49. November 10, 1952· cited 212×
    Sanford v. Kepner
  50. November 17, 1952· cited 210×
    Johnson v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
  51. June 8, 1953· cited 209×
    New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad v. Nothnagle
  52. June 8, 1953· cited 183×
    District of Columbia v. John R. Thompson Co.
  53. March 9, 1953· cited 183×
    National Labor Relations Board v. Rockaway News Supply Co.
  54. June 1, 1953· cited 182×
    Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc. v. Koppal
  55. October 13, 1952· cited 179×
    Johansen v. United States
  56. June 8, 1953· cited 172×
    United States v. Nugent
  57. December 8, 1952· cited 171×
    United States v. Cardiff
  58. April 6, 1953· cited 170×
    Western Pacific Railroad Corp. v. Western Pacific Railroad Co.
  59. February 2, 1953· cited 169×
    Brock v. North Carolina
  60. October 13, 1952· cited 168×
    Independent Broadcasting Co. v. Federal Communications Commission
  61. February 9, 1953· cited 165×
    Howard v. Commissioners of Sinking Fund of Louisville
  62. June 1, 1953· cited 164×
    Levinson v. Deupree
  63. January 5, 1953· cited 159×
    Sweeney v. Woodall
  64. June 8, 1953· cited 155×
    Automatic Canteen Co. of America v. Federal Trade Commission
  65. May 18, 1953· cited 149×
    Wells v. Simonds Abrasive Co.
  66. March 9, 1953· cited 147×
    Federal Trade Commission v. Motion Picture Advertising Service Co.
  67. January 19, 1953· cited 141×
    South Buffalo Railway Co. v. Ahern
  68. March 16, 1953· cited 140×
    United States Ex Rel. Chapman v. Federal Power Commission
  69. November 10, 1952· cited 140×
    United States v. Beacon Brass Co.
  70. October 13, 1952· cited 140×
    Kawakita v. United States
  71. March 9, 1953· cited 131×
    Unexcelled Chemical Corp. v. United States
  72. January 12, 1953· cited 128×
    United States v. Caltex (Philippines), Inc.
  73. June 9, 1953· cited 109×
    Pope v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
  74. March 9, 1953· cited 108×
    Alstate Construction Co. v. Durkin
  75. June 15, 1953· cited 107×
    Bridges v. United States
  76. March 16, 1953· cited 104×
    Albertson v. Millard, Attorney General
  77. March 9, 1953· cited 100×
    Pennsylvania Railroad v. O'Rourke
  78. June 15, 1953· cited 98×
    Watson v. Commissioner
  79. March 16, 1953· cited 98×
    Local Union No. 10, United Ass'n of Journeymen Plumbers & Steamfitters v. Graham
  80. March 9, 1953· cited 95×
    Stone v. New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad
  81. January 12, 1953· cited 88×
    Edelman v. California
  82. October 13, 1952· cited 82×
    United States v. Great Northern Railway Co.
  83. February 2, 1953· cited 73×
    De La Rama Steamship Co. v. United States
  84. April 6, 1953· cited 69×
    In Re Disbarment of Isserman
  85. April 6, 1953· cited 66×
    Bode v. Barrett
  86. April 6, 1953· cited 64×
    Ramspeck v. Federal Trial Examiners Conference
  87. June 8, 1953· cited 62×
    Callanan Road Improvement Co. v. United States
  88. April 27, 1953· cited 59×
    Marine Midland Trust Co. v. McGirl
  89. April 6, 1953· cited 59×
    Pennsylvania ex rel. Carey v. Keeper of the Montgomery County Prison
  90. January 19, 1953· cited 58×
    Lionshead Lake, Inc. v. Township of Wayne
  91. November 17, 1952· cited 58×
    Julius Rosenberg and Ethel Rosenberg v. United States
  92. December 8, 1952· cited 56×
    Alison v. United States
  93. October 13, 1952· cited 56×
    Williams v. National Labor Relations Board
  94. April 6, 1953· cited 54×
    Dameron v. Brodhead
  95. November 24, 1952· cited 54×
    Mandoli v. Acheson
  96. May 4, 1953· cited 52×
    Esso Standard Oil Co. v. Evans
  97. February 9, 1953· cited 51×
    United States v. Lane Motor Co.
  98. June 15, 1953· cited 48×
    United States v. Grainger
  99. June 1, 1953· cited 46×
    Central Bank v. United States
  100. March 9, 1953· cited 46×
    American Newspaper Publishers Ass'n v. National Labor Relations Board

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