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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1969

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1969 (October 1, 1969 to September 30, 1970), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 1,007 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (1,007 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. June 1, 1970· cited 15,427×
    Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.
  2. May 18, 1970· cited 11,712×
    In Re WINSHIP
  3. May 4, 1970· cited 7,191×
    Brady v. United States
  4. May 4, 1970· cited 5,926×
    Goldberg v. Kelly
  5. May 4, 1970· cited 5,113×
    McMann v. Richardson
  6. April 20, 1970· cited 4,277×
    Ashe v. Swenson
  7. April 20, 1970· cited 3,777×
    Dandridge v. Williams
  8. June 23, 1970· cited 3,363×
    California v. Green
  9. April 6, 1970· cited 3,248×
    Illinois v. Allen
  10. March 3, 1970· cited 3,186×
    Association of Data Processing Service Organizations, Inc. v. Camp
  11. October 13, 1969· cited 3,053×
    Powell v. McCormack
  12. March 2, 1970· cited 2,056×
    Pike v. Bruce Church, Inc.
  13. June 22, 1970· cited 1,808×
    Coleman v. Alabama
  14. June 22, 1970· cited 1,740×
    Williams v. Florida
  15. January 26, 1970· cited 1,683×
    Mills v. Electric Auto-Lite Co.
  16. May 4, 1970· cited 1,430×
    Walz v. Tax Comm'n of City of New York
  17. April 20, 1970· cited 1,401×
    Rosado v. Wyman
  18. June 8, 1970· cited 1,286×
    Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
  19. January 26, 1970· cited 1,166×
    Turner v. United States
  20. June 1, 1970· cited 1,138×
    Boys Markets, Inc. v. Retail Clerks Union, Local 770
  21. June 15, 1970· cited 1,104×
    Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc.
  22. November 10, 1969· cited 1,046×
    Ross v. Bernhard
  23. June 22, 1970· cited 1,044×
    Vale v. Louisiana
  24. October 13, 1969· cited 1,031×
    Kramer v. Union Free School District No. 15
  25. March 9, 1970· cited 939×
    Barlow v. Collins
  26. May 25, 1970· cited 824×
    Dickey v. Florida
  27. March 2, 1970· cited 806×
    Toussie v. United States
  28. May 18, 1970· cited 794×
    Greenbelt Cooperative Publishing Assn., Inc. v. Bresler
  29. June 22, 1970· cited 789×
    Baldwin v. New York
  30. June 15, 1970· cited 785×
    Welsh v. United States
  31. June 15, 1970· cited 784×
    Price v. Georgia
  32. May 4, 1970· cited 759×
    Parker v. North Carolina
  33. December 15, 1969· cited 759×
    Sullivan v. Little Hunting Park, Inc.
  34. February 25, 1970· cited 732×
    Colonnade Catering Corp. v. United States
  35. October 13, 1969· cited 709×
    Cipriano v. City of Houma
  36. February 24, 1970· cited 698×
    United States v. Kordel
  37. April 6, 1970· cited 659×
    Waller v. Florida
  38. October 13, 1969· cited 653×
    Willingham v. Morgan
  39. January 19, 1970· cited 642×
    Turner v. Fouche
  40. December 8, 1969· cited 608×
    Hall v. Beals
  41. February 24, 1970· cited 541×
    Zuber v. Allen
  42. January 20, 1970· cited 536×
    Molinaro v. New Jersey
  43. June 15, 1970· cited 519×
    Rowan v. United States Post Office Department
  44. March 9, 1970· cited 494×
    United States v. Seckinger
  45. April 20, 1970· cited 460×
    Woodward v. Commissioner
  46. January 19, 1970· cited 459×
    Carter v. Jury Comm'n of Greene Cty.
  47. April 20, 1970· cited 440×
    American Farm Lines v. Black Ball Freight Service
  48. February 25, 1970· cited 432×
    Hadley v. Junior College District of Metropolitan Kansas City
  49. February 25, 1970· cited 429×
    Reetz v. Bozanich
  50. December 9, 1969· cited 403×
    Detroit & Toledo Shore Line Railroad v. United Transportation Union
  51. April 27, 1970· cited 399×
    United States v. Van Leeuwen
  52. June 29, 1970· cited 388×
    United States v. Sisson
  53. October 29, 1969· cited 383×
    Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education
  54. June 23, 1970· cited 359×
    City of Phoenix v. Kolodziejski
  55. March 2, 1970· cited 349×
    H. K. Porter Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
  56. October 13, 1969· cited 306×
    Frank v. United States
  57. February 24, 1970· cited 302×
    National Labor Relations Board v. J. H. Rutter-Rex Manufacturing Co.
  58. December 8, 1969· cited 297×
    Bryson v. United States
  59. June 1, 1970· cited 282×
    Lewis v. Martin
  60. December 8, 1969· cited 282×
    Anderson's-Black Rock, Inc. v. Pavement Salvage Co.
  61. June 15, 1970· cited 270×
    Evans v. Cornman
  62. June 15, 1970· cited 267×
    Mulloy v. United States
  63. February 24, 1970· cited 266×
    Globus v. Law Research Service, Inc.
  64. December 8, 1969· cited 266×
    United States v. Knox
  65. May 25, 1970· cited 265×
    Schacht v. United States
  66. February 24, 1970· cited 244×
    Czosek v. O'MARA
  67. February 24, 1970· cited 241×
    Local 189, United Papermakers & Paperworkers v. United States
  68. October 13, 1969· cited 237×
    In re Skolnick
  69. January 19, 1970· cited 236×
    Carter v. West Feliciana Parish School Board
  70. April 20, 1970· cited 234×
    Bachellar v. Maryland
  71. June 1, 1970· cited 233×
    Maxwell v. Bishop
  72. December 8, 1969· cited 221×
    Minor v. United States
  73. January 19, 1970· cited 202×
    Gutknecht v. United States
  74. June 29, 1970· cited 201×
    Chandler v. Judicial Council of the Tenth Circuit
  75. January 28, 1970· cited 198×
    Breen v. Selective Service Local Board No. 16
  76. December 9, 1969· cited 193×
    First National Bank in Plant City v. Dickinson
  77. January 19, 1970· cited 191×
    Maryland & Virginia Eldership of the Churches of God v. Church of God at Sharpsburg, Inc.
  78. June 1, 1970· cited 184×
    Choctaw Nation v. Oklahoma
  79. April 20, 1970· cited 181×
    United States v. Hilton Hotels Corp.
  80. June 29, 1970· cited 175×
    Nelson v. George
  81. October 20, 1969· cited 174×
    Daniel v. Paul
  82. October 13, 1969· cited 166×
    Freeman v. Gould Special School District
  83. June 29, 1970· cited 161×
    New Haven Inclusion Cases
  84. February 24, 1970· cited 157×
    SCM Corp. v. Advance Business Systems & Supply Co.
  85. December 15, 1969· cited 157×
    Nacirema Operating Co. v. Johnson
  86. March 23, 1970· cited 134×
    Kesler v. Department of Motor Vehicles
  87. June 15, 1970· cited 132×
    Mitchell v. Donovan
  88. June 29, 1970· cited 131×
    Phillip Morris v. Hiram Schoonfield, Warden
  89. June 29, 1970· cited 125×
    Gunn v. University Committee to End the War in Viet Nam
  90. May 18, 1970· cited 122×
    National Labor Relations Board v. Raytheon Co.
  91. March 23, 1970· cited 119×
    United States v. Estate of Donnelly
  92. March 2, 1970· cited 118×
    Evans v. Abney
  93. February 27, 1970· cited 117×
    Urbano v. Board of Managers of New Jersey State Prison
  94. November 24, 1969· cited 115×
    Lockhart v. Hoenstine
  95. March 30, 1970· cited 109×
    Hardy v. Matthews
  96. June 22, 1970· cited 105×
    Huie v. Board of Commissioners of the Alabama State Bar
  97. January 12, 1970· cited 104×
    Morales v. New York
  98. January 19, 1970· cited 102×
    Young v. McGee
  99. January 12, 1970· cited 100×
    Hammond Milling Co. v. United States
  100. June 29, 1970· cited 98×
    United States v. Phillipsburg National Bank & Trust Co.

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