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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1962

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1962 (October 1, 1962 to September 30, 1963), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 781 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (781 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 13, 1963· cited 33,902×
    Brady v. Maryland
  2. December 3, 1962· cited 17,205×
    Foman v. Davis
  3. January 14, 1963· cited 12,871×
    Wong Sun v. United States
  4. March 18, 1963· cited 8,419×
    Gideon v. Wainwright
  5. March 18, 1963· cited 4,485×
    Townsend v. Sain
  6. March 18, 1963· cited 3,950×
    Fay v. Noia
  7. April 29, 1963· cited 3,330×
    Douglas v. California
  8. June 10, 1963· cited 3,146×
    Ker v. California
  9. January 14, 1963· cited 3,080×
    National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Button
  10. April 29, 1963· cited 2,713×
    Sanders v. United States
  11. June 17, 1963· cited 2,650×
    Sherbert v. Verner
  12. December 3, 1962· cited 2,566×
    Burlington Truck Lines, Inc. v. United States
  13. February 18, 1963· cited 2,208×
    Kennedy v. Mendoza-Martinez
  14. June 17, 1963· cited 1,897×
    Florida Lime & Avocado Growers, Inc. v. Paul
  15. January 14, 1963· cited 1,503×
    Jones v. Cunningham
  16. May 27, 1963· cited 1,403×
    Haynes v. Washington
  17. June 3, 1963· cited 1,211×
    Rideau v. Louisiana
  18. February 18, 1963· cited 1,188×
    Bantam Books, Inc. v. Sullivan
  19. April 15, 1963· cited 1,134×
    Dugan v. Rank
  20. April 29, 1963· cited 1,066×
    White v. Maryland
  21. April 22, 1963· cited 1,026×
    Ferguson v. Skrupa
  22. December 10, 1962· cited 996×
    Smith v. Evening News Assn.
  23. April 22, 1963· cited 985×
    Downum v. United States
  24. May 27, 1963· cited 983×
    Lopez v. United States
  25. June 17, 1963· cited 982×
    United States v. Philadelphia National Bank
  26. June 3, 1963· cited 954×
    McNeese v. Board of Education for Community Unit School District 187 Cahokia
  27. February 25, 1963· cited 931×
    Edwards v. South Carolina
  28. April 1, 1963· cited 902×
    United States v. National Dairy Products Corp.
  29. March 25, 1963· cited 792×
    Lynumn v. Illinois
  30. June 17, 1963· cited 787×
    United States v. Muniz
  31. March 18, 1963· cited 785×
    Gray v. Sanders
  32. February 18, 1963· cited 759×
    Gallick v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
  33. February 18, 1963· cited 685×
    United States v. Gilmore
  34. March 18, 1963· cited 654×
    Draper v. Washington
  35. May 20, 1963· cited 619×
    Silver v. New York Stock Exchange
  36. March 4, 1963· cited 581×
    White Motor Co. v. United States
  37. December 17, 1962· cited 569×
    Schroeder v. City of New York
  38. May 13, 1963· cited 564×
    National Labor Relations Board v. Erie Resistor Corp.
  39. May 13, 1963· cited 498×
    Namet v. United States
  40. December 3, 1962· cited 481×
    Pearlman v. Reliance Insurance
  41. June 3, 1963· cited 473×
    Wheeldin v. Wheeler
  42. June 3, 1963· cited 470×
    United States v. Carlo Bianchi & Co.
  43. June 17, 1963· cited 469×
    Whipple v. Commissioner
  44. March 18, 1963· cited 460×
    Lane v. Brown
  45. February 18, 1963· cited 454×
    Simler v. Conner
  46. May 27, 1963· cited 443×
    Reed v. the Yaka
  47. March 25, 1963· cited 416×
    Gibson v. Florida Legislative Investigation Committee
  48. June 17, 1963· cited 410×
    Rosenberg v. Fleuti
  49. January 21, 1963· cited 409×
    Mercantile Nat. Bank at Dallas v. Langdeau
  50. February 18, 1963· cited 408×
    McCulloch v. Sociedad Nacional De Marineros De Honduras
  51. June 10, 1963· cited 403×
    Fitzgerald v. United States Lines Co.
  52. May 13, 1963· cited 400×
    Willner v. Committee on Character and Fitness, Appellate Div. of Supreme Court of NY, First Judicial Dept.
  53. June 17, 1963· cited 392×
    Gutierrez v. Waterman Steamship Corp.
  54. March 18, 1963· cited 379×
    Shotwell Manufacturing Co. v. United States
  55. May 27, 1963· cited 362×
    Sperry v. Florida Ex Rel. Florida Bar
  56. November 19, 1962· cited 331×
    United States v. Sampson
  57. January 14, 1963· cited 327×
    Paul v. United States
  58. June 10, 1963· cited 303×
    United States v. Pioneer American Insurance
  59. November 5, 1962· cited 303×
    United States v. Loew's Inc.
  60. May 27, 1963· cited 291×
    International Ass'n of MacHinists v. Central Airlines, Inc.
  61. April 29, 1963· cited 284×
    Hawaii v. Gordon
  62. June 3, 1963· cited 280×
    National Labor Relations Board v. General Motors Corp.
  63. May 27, 1963· cited 280×
    Watson v. City of Memphis
  64. December 17, 1962· cited 271×
    Harris Truck Lines, Inc. v. Cherry Meat Packers, Inc.
  65. June 17, 1963· cited 268×
    Head v. New Mexico Board of Examiners in Optometry
  66. March 18, 1963· cited 259×
    General Drivers, Warehousemen & Helpers, Local Union No. 89 v. Riss & Co.
  67. May 20, 1963· cited 255×
    Andrews v. United States
  68. February 18, 1963· cited 251×
    Schulde v. Commissioner
  69. January 14, 1963· cited 240×
    Pan American World Airways, Inc. v. United States
  70. May 27, 1963· cited 239×
    Norvell v. Illinois
  71. June 17, 1963· cited 234×
    United States v. Singer Manufacturing Co.
  72. June 17, 1963· cited 230×
    Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co. v. Reily
  73. May 13, 1963· cited 220×
    Brotherhood of Railway & Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express & Station Employes v. Allen
  74. April 15, 1963· cited 218×
    Wolf v. Weinstein
  75. April 15, 1963· cited 212×
    Arrow Transportation Co. v. Southern Railway Co.
  76. January 14, 1963· cited 206×
    Best v. Humboldt Placer Mining Co.
  77. June 3, 1963· cited 199×
    Local 100, United Ass'n of Journeymen & Apprentices v. Borden
  78. April 22, 1963· cited 199×
    Colorado Anti-Discrimination Commission v. Continental Air Lines, Inc.
  79. May 20, 1963· cited 197×
    Peterson v. City of Greenville
  80. November 5, 1962· cited 195×
    Southern Construction Co. v. Pickard
  81. January 7, 1963· cited 191×
    Aeronautical Communications Equipment, Inc. v. Pierce
  82. June 3, 1963· cited 184×
    Goss v. Board of Ed. of Knoxville
  83. April 1, 1963· cited 183×
    Northern Natural Gas Co. v. State Corp. Commission
  84. June 10, 1963· cited 175×
    Shenker v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
  85. May 27, 1963· cited 169×
    Lipp v. United States
  86. May 20, 1963· cited 166×
    Lombard v. Louisiana
  87. January 7, 1963· cited 161×
    National Labor Relations Board v. Reliance Fuel Oil Corp.
  88. May 13, 1963· cited 157×
    Pekar v. Local Union No. 181 of the International Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drink & Distillery Workers
  89. April 1, 1963· cited 154×
    Weyerhaeuser Steamship Co. v. United States
  90. June 17, 1963· cited 153×
    Yellin v. United States
  91. January 14, 1963· cited 152×
    Cleary v. Bolger
  92. January 21, 1963· cited 150×
    Local No. 438 Construction & General Laborers' Union v. Curry
  93. October 8, 1962· cited 147×
    Orgel v. Clark Boardman Co.
  94. June 3, 1963· cited 145×
    Local No. 207, International Ass'n of Bridge, Structural & Ornamental Iron Workers Union v. Perko
  95. May 27, 1963· cited 140×
    Willard Dairy Corp. v. National Dairy Products Corp.
  96. December 10, 1962· cited 137×
    Ford v. Ford
  97. November 5, 1962· cited 137×
    Colpo v. Highway Truck Drivers & Helpers, Local 107
  98. June 17, 1963· cited 132×
    Seafarers International Union v. Castro
  99. January 14, 1963· cited 132×
    Federal Trade Commission v. Sun Oil Co.
  100. April 29, 1963· cited 131×
    Maximov v. United States

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