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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1961

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1961 (October 1, 1961 to September 30, 1962), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 623 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (623 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. April 30, 1962· cited 20,800×
    Coppedge v. United States
  2. June 25, 1962· cited 14,398×
    Link v. Wabash Railroad
  3. October 9, 1961· cited 9,088×
    Mapp v. Ohio
  4. May 14, 1962· cited 7,008×
    United States v. Diebold, Inc.
  5. March 26, 1962· cited 6,173×
    Baker v. Carr
  6. February 19, 1962· cited 2,575×
    Poller v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.
  7. February 26, 1962· cited 2,416×
    Hill v. United States
  8. June 25, 1962· cited 2,369×
    Robinson v. California
  9. October 9, 1961· cited 2,289×
    Cafeteria & Restaurant Workers Union, Local 473 v. McElroy
  10. June 25, 1962· cited 1,936×
    Brown Shoe Co. v. United States
  11. April 30, 1962· cited 1,897×
    Carnley v. Cochran
  12. February 19, 1962· cited 1,736×
    Oyler v. Boles
  13. May 21, 1962· cited 1,715×
    Russell v. United States
  14. February 19, 1962· cited 1,618×
    MacHibroda v. United States
  15. February 26, 1962· cited 1,608×
    Richards v. United States
  16. April 30, 1962· cited 1,362×
    Goldlawr, Inc. v. Heiman
  17. March 5, 1962· cited 1,331×
    Local 174, Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen & Helpers v. Lucas Flour Co.
  18. November 13, 1961· cited 1,308×
    Hamilton v. Alabama
  19. April 30, 1962· cited 1,275×
    Dairy Queen, Inc. v. Wood
  20. October 9, 1961· cited 1,202×
    Poe v. Ullman
  21. June 25, 1962· cited 1,037×
    Enochs v. Williams Packing & Navigation Co.
  22. May 21, 1962· cited 1,008×
    National Labor Relations Board v. Katz
  23. June 25, 1962· cited 924×
    Continental Ore Co. v. Union Carbide & Carbon Corp.
  24. June 18, 1962· cited 857×
    Atkinson v. Sinclair Refining Co.
  25. May 14, 1962· cited 810×
    Goldblatt v. Town of Hempstead
  26. June 25, 1962· cited 800×
    Engel v. Vitale
  27. June 25, 1962· cited 753×
    Vaughan v. Atkinson
  28. February 19, 1962· cited 741×
    Charles Dowd Box Co. v. Courtney
  29. February 26, 1962· cited 730×
    Samuel Bailey v. Joe T. Patterson
  30. June 25, 1962· cited 716×
    Gallegos v. Colorado
  31. June 25, 1962· cited 689×
    Glidden Co. v. Zdanok
  32. October 9, 1961· cited 679×
    Gori v. United States
  33. March 19, 1962· cited 657×
    DiBella v. United States
  34. June 25, 1962· cited 640×
    Salen v. United States Lines Co.
  35. May 14, 1962· cited 636×
    Atlantic & Gulf Stevedores, Inc. v. Ellerman Lines, Ltd.
  36. June 25, 1962· cited 596×
    Beck v. Washington
  37. March 19, 1962· cited 557×
    Fong Foo v. United States
  38. May 21, 1962· cited 516×
    Free v. Bland
  39. June 25, 1962· cited 515×
    Idlewild Bon Voyage Liquor Corp. v. Epstein
  40. December 11, 1961· cited 486×
    Garner v. Louisiana
  41. October 9, 1961· cited 481×
    Communist Party of United States v. Subversive Activities Control Bd.
  42. May 21, 1962· cited 478×
    Lynch v. Overholser
  43. October 9, 1961· cited 466×
    Horton v. Liberty Mutual Insurance
  44. December 11, 1961· cited 433×
    Cramp v. Board of Public Instruction of Orange Cty.
  45. March 5, 1962· cited 421×
    Public Affairs Associates, Inc. v. Rickover
  46. April 9, 1962· cited 380×
    National Labor Relations Board v. Walton Manufacturing Co.
  47. April 16, 1962· cited 378×
    Griggs v. Allegheny County
  48. June 18, 1962· cited 376×
    Sinclair Refining Co. v. Atkinson
  49. June 18, 1962· cited 369×
    Drake Bakeries Inc. v. Local 50, American Bakery & Confectionery Workers International
  50. June 4, 1962· cited 368×
    Lanza v. New York
  51. June 25, 1962· cited 364×
    Manual Enterprises, Inc. v. Day
  52. November 20, 1961· cited 340×
    Hoyt v. Florida
  53. May 14, 1962· cited 328×
    Malone v. Bowdoin
  54. March 19, 1962· cited 328×
    Organized Village of Kake v. Egan
  55. May 28, 1962· cited 324×
    National Labor Relations Board v. Washington Aluminum Co.
  56. May 21, 1962· cited 311×
    Hanover Bank v. Commissioner
  57. October 9, 1961· cited 286×
    American Automobile Assn. v. United States
  58. January 15, 1962· cited 277×
    Seymour v. Superintendent of Washington State Penitentiary
  59. January 22, 1962· cited 271×
    Blau v. Lehman
  60. January 22, 1962· cited 267×
    Killian v. United States
  61. June 25, 1962· cited 254×
    Silber v. United States
  62. April 2, 1962· cited 252×
    Rusk v. Cort
  63. June 4, 1962· cited 241×
    Calbeck v. Travelers Insurance Co.
  64. June 25, 1962· cited 230×
    Sunkist Growers, Inc. v. Winckler & Smith Citrus Products Co.
  65. December 18, 1961· cited 226×
    A. L. Mechling Barge Lines, Inc. v. United States
  66. May 21, 1962· cited 224×
    Guzman v. Pichirilo
  67. January 15, 1962· cited 224×
    St. Regis Paper Co. v. United States
  68. June 18, 1962· cited 222×
    In Re McConnell
  69. February 26, 1962· cited 218×
    Retail Clerks International Ass'n, Local Unions Nos. 128 & 633 v. Lion Dry Goods, Inc.
  70. April 30, 1962· cited 212×
    California v. Federal Power Commission
  71. March 26, 1962· cited 180×
    Turner v. City of Memphis
  72. March 26, 1962· cited 158×
    Kesler v. Department of Public Safety of Utah
  73. April 30, 1962· cited 156×
    Commissioner v. Bilder
  74. June 11, 1962· cited 154×
    Marine Engineers Beneficial Ass'n v. Interlake Steamship Co.
  75. December 4, 1961· cited 152×
    Interstate Commerce Commission v. J-T Transport Co.
  76. June 11, 1962· cited 151×
    Porter v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.
  77. June 25, 1962· cited 147×
    Gilbert v. United States
  78. December 4, 1961· cited 138×
    In re Union Leader Corp.
  79. February 19, 1962· cited 129×
    Kelly v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.
  80. December 18, 1961· cited 128×
    National Labor Relations Board v. Ochoa Fertilizer Corp.
  81. April 30, 1962· cited 126×
    Weston v. New Jersey State Board of Optometrists
  82. December 4, 1961· cited 124×
    United States Cold Storage Corp. v. Minute Maid Corp.
  83. April 9, 1962· cited 117×
    Kerr Steamship Co. v. United States
  84. February 19, 1962· cited 117×
    Ginsburg v. Stern
  85. March 5, 1962· cited 114×
    Simonson v. Granquist
  86. October 9, 1961· cited 112×
    Local No. 11, International Ass'n of Bridge, Structural & Ornamental Ironworkers v. Hughes
  87. June 11, 1962· cited 111×
    Morales v. City of Galveston
  88. April 23, 1962· cited 111×
    Cadez v. General Casualty Co. of America
  89. February 19, 1962· cited 111×
    Campbell v. Hussey
  90. May 21, 1962· cited 103×
    In Re Green
  91. June 25, 1962· cited 97×
    Central Railroad v. Pennsylvania
  92. February 19, 1962· cited 95×
    Richardson v. Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.
  93. January 15, 1962· cited 93×
    United States v. Drum
  94. June 4, 1962· cited 92×
    John V. Boland Construction Co. v. United States
  95. April 16, 1962· cited 91×
    Consolidated Edison Co. of New York v. United States
  96. November 20, 1961· cited 90×
    Food Machinery & Chemical Corp. v. United States
  97. June 25, 1962· cited 89×
    State Board of Insurance v. Todd Shipyards Corp.
  98. December 11, 1961· cited 88×
    Martin v. Walton
  99. June 11, 1962· cited 87×
    Pawnee Indian Tribe of Oklahoma v. United States
  100. March 5, 1962· cited 87×
    Metlakatla Indian Community, Annette Islands Reserve v. Egan

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