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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1953

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1953 (October 1, 1953 to September 30, 1954), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 425 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (425 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 17, 1954· cited 3,819×
    Brown v. Board of Education
  2. May 17, 1954· cited 2,385×
    Bolling v. Sharpe
  3. June 7, 1954· cited 1,827×
    United States v. Harriss
  4. March 8, 1954· cited 1,718×
    Remmer v. United States
  5. February 1, 1954· cited 1,531×
    Pereira v. United States
  6. February 8, 1954· cited 1,436×
    United States v. Morgan
  7. March 15, 1954· cited 1,415×
    United States Ex Rel. Accardi v. Shaughnessy
  8. December 7, 1953· cited 1,363×
    Wilko v. Swan
  9. February 1, 1954· cited 1,024×
    Walder v. United States
  10. December 7, 1953· cited 1,000×
    Pope & Talbot, Inc. v. Hawn
  11. January 4, 1954· cited 920×
    Garner v. Teamsters, Chauffeurs & Helpers Local Union No. 776
  12. February 1, 1954· cited 831×
    United States v. City of New Britain
  13. November 30, 1953· cited 826×
    Bankers Life & Casualty Co. v. Holland
  14. May 3, 1954· cited 774×
    Hernandez v. Texas
  15. February 1, 1954· cited 679×
    Radio Officers' Union of the Commercial Telegraphers Union v. National Labor Relations Board
  16. May 24, 1954· cited 577×
    Galvan v. Press
  17. April 12, 1954· cited 560×
    Mazer v. Stein
  18. November 30, 1953· cited 508×
    Dickinson v. United States
  19. November 30, 1953· cited 454×
    United States v. Debrow
  20. June 1, 1954· cited 448×
    Leyra v. Denno
  21. June 7, 1954· cited 446×
    United Construction Workers v. Laburnum Construction Corp.
  22. June 7, 1954· cited 440×
    Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Wisconsin
  23. January 11, 1954· cited 418×
    Theatre Enterprises, Inc. v. Paramount Film Distributing Corp.
  24. March 15, 1954· cited 357×
    Irvine v. California
  25. June 1, 1954· cited 356×
    Alaska Steamship Co. v. Petterson
  26. May 3, 1954· cited 331×
    Miller Brothers Co. v. Maryland
  27. January 18, 1954· cited 266×
    Salsburg v. Maryland
  28. January 18, 1954· cited 261×
    Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad v. Stude
  29. November 9, 1953· cited 258×
    Olberding v. Illinois Central Railroad
  30. January 18, 1954· cited 228×
    Madruga v. Superior Court of Cal., County of San Diego
  31. March 8, 1954· cited 225×
    United States v. Employing Plasterers Assn. of Chicago
  32. April 12, 1954· cited 222×
    Maryland Casualty Co. v. Cushing
  33. March 15, 1954· cited 221×
    Walters v. City of St. Louis
  34. April 26, 1954· cited 214×
    Barsky v. Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York
  35. February 8, 1954· cited 210×
    Kern-Limerick, Inc. v. Scurlock
  36. April 5, 1954· cited 208×
    Federal Communications Commission v. American Broadcasting Co.
  37. December 14, 1953· cited 199×
    National Labor Relations Board v. Local Union No. 1229, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
  38. March 15, 1954· cited 190×
    Michigan-Wisconsin Pipe Line Co. v. Calvert
  39. March 8, 1954· cited 190×
    International Longshoremen's & Warehousemen's Union, Local 37 v. Boyd
  40. November 9, 1953· cited 185×
    Voris v. Eikel
  41. June 7, 1954· cited 178×
    Barber v. Gonzales
  42. June 7, 1954· cited 177×
    Secretary of Agriculture v. United States
  43. June 1, 1954· cited 172×
    Braniff Airways, Inc. v. Nebraska State Board of Equalization & Assessment
  44. April 5, 1954· cited 152×
    Franklin Nat. Bank of Franklin Square v. New York
  45. May 24, 1954· cited 147×
    Allen v. Grand Central Aircraft Co.
  46. May 17, 1954· cited 146×
    United States v. Gilman
  47. November 9, 1953· cited 146×
    Toolson v. New York Yankees, Inc.
  48. April 5, 1954· cited 137×
    United States v. Binghamton Construction Co.
  49. May 17, 1954· cited 133×
    Capital Service, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
  50. March 15, 1954· cited 133×
    Partmar Corp. v. Paramount Pictures Theatres Corp.
  51. March 8, 1954· cited 133×
    Western Air Lines, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics Board
  52. March 8, 1954· cited 126×
    Adams v. Maryland
  53. June 7, 1954· cited 112×
    Broussard v. Cranor
  54. October 12, 1953· cited 111×
    Superior Films, Inc. v. Department of Ed. of Ohio
  55. March 15, 1954· cited 108×
    Federal Power Commission v. Niagara Mohawk Power Corp.
  56. December 7, 1953· cited 104×
    United States v. Five Gambling Devices
  57. June 1, 1954· cited 89×
    Rogers v. United States Lines
  58. April 26, 1954· cited 85×
    Alabama v. Texas
  59. November 9, 1953· cited 83×
    Lober v. United States
  60. April 5, 1954· cited 76×
    Railway Express Agency, Inc. v. Virginia
  61. October 12, 1953· cited 73×
    Lemke v. United States
  62. April 5, 1954· cited 68×
    St. Joe Paper Co. v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
  63. January 18, 1954· cited 66×
    Building Trades Council v. Kinard Construction Co.
  64. November 16, 1953· cited 60×
    Avondale Marine Ways, Inc. v. Henderson
  65. March 8, 1954· cited 58×
    United States v. Lindsay
  66. June 7, 1954· cited 56×
    Bekins v. Bekins Van & Storage Co.
  67. November 16, 1953· cited 55×
    Arkansas v. Texas
  68. June 1, 1954· cited 54×
    Japan-Atlantic & Gulf Conference v. United States
  69. December 14, 1953· cited 54×
    Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Public Utilities Commission
  70. December 14, 1953· cited 51×
    Howell Chevrolet Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
  71. June 1, 1954· cited 44×
    Alton v. Alton
  72. April 5, 1954· cited 42×
    Dorris v. Lloyd
  73. March 15, 1954· cited 38×
    United States v. Taffs
  74. December 7, 1953· cited 37×
    Nevada & New York v. Stacher
  75. March 15, 1954· cited 33×
    Florentine v. Landon
  76. March 8, 1954· cited 33×
    C-O-Two Fire Equipment Co. v. Specialties Development Corp.
  77. November 12, 1953· cited 33×
    Robert W. Burns v. Charles E. Wilson
  78. October 12, 1953· cited 33×
    Young v. May
  79. April 5, 1954· cited 32×
    Thompson v. Lawson
  80. April 5, 1954· cited 29×
    Miller Bros. v. Maryland
  81. April 26, 1954· cited 28×
    Jones v. Illinois Terminal Railroad
  82. April 5, 1954· cited 28×
    Skally v. United States
  83. June 1, 1954· cited 27×
    Linehan v. Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor
  84. May 3, 1954· cited 27×
    Wyatt v. Smyth
  85. May 24, 1954· cited 26×
    Benatar v. United States
  86. May 3, 1954· cited 24×
    Cincotta v. United States
  87. March 15, 1954· cited 24×
    Reed v. Cranor
  88. December 7, 1953· cited 24×
    Tom We Shung v. Brownell
  89. October 26, 1953· cited 23×
    Maroney v. United States ex rel. Darcy
  90. May 3, 1954· cited 22×
    Klock v. United States
  91. February 1, 1954· cited 21×
    Delta Air Lines, Inc. v. Summerfield
  92. October 26, 1953· cited 21×
    Holland v. Safeway Stores, Inc.
  93. October 12, 1953· cited 21×
    Rehak v. Keenan
  94. October 12, 1953· cited 21×
    Hendrickson v. Baldi
  95. June 7, 1954· cited 20×
    New Jersey v. New York Et Al.
  96. January 4, 1954· cited 20×
    National Labor Relations Board v. Bill Daniels, Inc.
  97. December 7, 1953· cited 20×
    Public Utilities Commission v. United Air Lines, Inc.
  98. November 16, 1953· cited 20×
    National Union of Marine Cooks & Stewards Ass'n v. Arnold
  99. October 12, 1953· cited 19×
    Houston Fire & Casualty Insurance v. United States
  100. June 1, 1954· cited 18×
    Hobson v. Cranor

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