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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1954

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1954 (October 1, 1954 to September 30, 1955), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 470 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (470 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. January 31, 1955· cited 3,238×
    Holland v. United States
  2. May 9, 1955· cited 2,938×
    Williamson v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Inc.
  3. May 16, 1955· cited 2,510×
    In Re Murchison.
  4. November 8, 1954· cited 1,331×
    Offutt v. United States
  5. May 9, 1955· cited 1,324×
    Commissioner v. Glenshaw Glass Co.
  6. May 9, 1955· cited 1,300×
    Bell v. United States
  7. December 6, 1954· cited 1,280×
    Opper v. United States
  8. November 22, 1954· cited 1,131×
    Berman v. Parker
  9. June 6, 1955· cited 1,049×
    Lawlor v. National Screen Service Corp.
  10. November 8, 1954· cited 1,049×
    McAllister v. United States
  11. April 4, 1955· cited 1,032×
    United States v. Menasche
  12. April 11, 1955· cited 752×
    Norwood v. Kirkpatrick
  13. April 11, 1955· cited 605×
    Wilburn Boat Co. v. Fireman's Fund Insurance
  14. February 9, 1955· cited 538×
    United States Ex Rel. Toth v. Quarles
  15. March 14, 1955· cited 485×
    Witmer v. United States
  16. November 8, 1954· cited 480×
    Chandler v. Warden Fretag
  17. January 10, 1955· cited 462×
    Baltimore Contractors, Inc. v. Bodinger
  18. December 6, 1954· cited 424×
    Brooks v. National Labor Relations Board
  19. March 28, 1955· cited 413×
    Weber v. Anheuser-Busch, Inc.
  20. May 31, 1955· cited 358×
    Marcello v. Bonds
  21. May 23, 1955· cited 357×
    Quinn v. United States
  22. May 9, 1955· cited 350×
    Association of Westinghouse Salaried Employees v. Westinghouse Electric Corp.
  23. April 25, 1955· cited 330×
    Shaughnessy v. Pedreiro
  24. February 28, 1955· cited 287×
    Boudoin v. Lykes Bros. Steamship Co.
  25. April 4, 1955· cited 280×
    Amalgamated Clothing Workers v. Richman Bros.
  26. May 16, 1955· cited 260×
    Bisso v. Inland Waterways Corp.
  27. January 10, 1955· cited 260×
    United States v. Acri
  28. April 4, 1955· cited 253×
    United States v. Bramblett
  29. May 23, 1955· cited 244×
    Emspak v. United States
  30. June 6, 1955· cited 238×
    Peters v. Hobby
  31. January 10, 1955· cited 229×
    Watson v. Employers Liability Assurance Corp.
  32. May 23, 1955· cited 226×
    United States v. Olympic Radio & Television, Inc.
  33. March 14, 1955· cited 220×
    Gonzales v. United States
  34. June 6, 1955· cited 214×
    Mitchell v. C. W. Vollmer & Co.
  35. April 18, 1955· cited 201×
    National City Bank of NY v. Republic of China
  36. January 10, 1955· cited 183×
    United States v. Liverpool & London & Globe Insurance
  37. January 10, 1955· cited 175×
    United States v. Scovil
  38. March 28, 1955· cited 170×
    Federal Power Commission v. Colorado Interstate Gas Co.
  39. January 10, 1955· cited 167×
    Commissioner v. Estate of Sternberger
  40. June 6, 1955· cited 162×
    Carroll v. Lanza
  41. May 23, 1955· cited 158×
    Lewyt Corp. v. Commissioner
  42. June 6, 1955· cited 156×
    Williams v. Georgia
  43. March 14, 1955· cited 156×
    Sicurella v. United States
  44. December 6, 1954· cited 152×
    Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty Co. v. Elbert
  45. March 14, 1955· cited 151×
    Tee-Hit-Ton Indians v. United States
  46. December 6, 1954· cited 149×
    Massey v. Moore
  47. June 6, 1955· cited 130×
    Whitehouse v. Illinois Central Railroad
  48. January 31, 1955· cited 127×
    Moore v. Mead's Fine Bread Co.
  49. June 6, 1955· cited 122×
    Federal Communications Commission v. Allentown Broadcasting Corp.
  50. March 28, 1955· cited 122×
    General American Investors Co. v. Commissioner
  51. April 11, 1955· cited 119×
    Parissi v. Telechron, Inc.
  52. March 7, 1955· cited 114×
    Sapir v. United States
  53. January 10, 1955· cited 108×
    Cox v. Roth
  54. May 23, 1955· cited 104×
    Maneja v. Waialua Agricultural Co.
  55. January 31, 1955· cited 103×
    United States v. International Boxing Club of New York, Inc.
  56. December 6, 1954· cited 101×
    Sullivan v. United States
  57. April 11, 1955· cited 94×
    Natural Gas Pipeline Co. v. Panoma Corp.
  58. May 16, 1955· cited 92×
    Society for Sav. in Cleveland v. Bowers
  59. May 23, 1955· cited 91×
    Dictograph Products, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission
  60. November 22, 1954· cited 89×
    National Union of Marine Cooks & Stewards v. Arnold
  61. April 4, 1955· cited 83×
    Shomberg v. United States
  62. January 31, 1955· cited 82×
    Friedberg v. United States
  63. January 31, 1955· cited 82×
    United States v. Shubert
  64. April 11, 1955· cited 76×
    Pino v. Landon
  65. May 9, 1955· cited 74×
    Atkinson v. Ellis
  66. June 6, 1955· cited 73×
    Federal Power Commission v. Oregon
  67. December 6, 1954· cited 61×
    Castle v. Hayes Freight Lines, Inc.
  68. March 14, 1955· cited 59×
    Diehl v. Lehigh Valley Railroad
  69. May 23, 1955· cited 58×
    Shaughnessy v. United States Ex Rel. Accardi
  70. April 11, 1955· cited 58×
    Granville-Smith v. Granville-Smith
  71. May 16, 1955· cited 57×
    Boston Metals Co. v. the Winding Gulf
  72. March 14, 1955· cited 55×
    United States v. Koppers Co.
  73. January 10, 1955· cited 48×
    Goldbaum v. United States
  74. March 28, 1955· cited 46×
    ABC Freight Forwarding Corp. v. United States
  75. October 14, 1954· cited 46×
    Williams v. Carolina Life Insurance
  76. March 7, 1955· cited 40×
    United States v. California Eastern Line, Inc.
  77. October 14, 1954· cited 40×
    Retail Clerks International Ass'n v. National Labor Relations Board
  78. March 14, 1955· cited 38×
    Stow Manufacturing Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
  79. October 14, 1954· cited 37×
    United States v. Clapp
  80. May 9, 1955· cited 36×
    Rice v. Sioux City Memorial Park Cemetery, Inc.
  81. May 31, 1955· cited 33×
    Peterson v. Phillips Petroleum Co.
  82. January 10, 1955· cited 32×
    Ferrell v. Ellis
  83. November 8, 1954· cited 32×
    Sam v. Cranor
  84. April 4, 1955· cited 31×
    Kalpakoff v. United States
  85. November 22, 1954· cited 31×
    Louisiana Public Service Commission v. United States
  86. May 31, 1955· cited 30×
    Business Men's Assurance Co. v. Driggers
  87. May 23, 1955· cited 30×
    Bart v. United States
  88. March 7, 1955· cited 29×
    O'Neill v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
  89. February 28, 1955· cited 29×
    Mitchell v. Joyce Agency, Inc.
  90. February 7, 1955· cited 28×
    United States v. Guy W. Capps, Inc.
  91. June 6, 1955· cited 26×
    Ellis v. Dixon
  92. June 6, 1955· cited 25×
    Hall v. Ellis
  93. May 16, 1955· cited 25×
    Pellegrini v. Ellis
  94. November 8, 1954· cited 25×
    Povey v. Midvale Co.
  95. June 6, 1955· cited 24×
    Mason v. Delmore
  96. June 6, 1955· cited 23×
    Lyons v. Weems
  97. June 6, 1955· cited 23×
    United States ex rel. Toth v. Talbott
  98. February 28, 1955· cited 23×
    Smalls v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
  99. February 14, 1955· cited 22×
    Goldman v. Fogarty
  100. May 16, 1955· cited 21×
    United States v. Nielson

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