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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1971

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1971 (October 1, 1971 to September 30, 1972), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 1,240 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (1,240 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. February 22, 1972· cited 26,103×
    Haines v. Kerner
  2. June 29, 1972· cited 14,284×
    Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth
  3. June 22, 1972· cited 12,108×
    Barker v. Wingo
  4. June 29, 1972· cited 10,835×
    Morrissey v. Brewer
  5. February 24, 1972· cited 7,003×
    Giglio v. United States
  6. April 3, 1972· cited 5,889×
    Stanley v. Illinois
  7. December 20, 1971· cited 5,257×
    Santobello v. New York
  8. June 29, 1972· cited 5,238×
    Perry v. Sindermann
  9. December 20, 1971· cited 5,124×
    Picard v. Connor
  10. June 12, 1972· cited 5,118×
    Adams v. Williams
  11. June 29, 1972· cited 5,066×
    Furman v. Georgia
  12. June 26, 1972· cited 4,586×
    Grayned v. City of Rockford
  13. December 20, 1971· cited 3,756×
    United States v. Marion
  14. June 12, 1972· cited 3,455×
    The Bremen v. Zapata Off-Shore Co.
  15. May 15, 1972· cited 3,250×
    Wisconsin v. Yoder
  16. April 19, 1972· cited 3,248×
    Sierra Club v. Morton
  17. October 12, 1971· cited 3,142×
    Lemon v. Kurtzman
  18. June 7, 1972· cited 3,001×
    Kirby v. Illinois
  19. March 20, 1972· cited 2,756×
    Cruz v. Beto
  20. December 6, 1971· cited 2,532×
    Chevron Oil Co. v. Huson
  21. June 26, 1972· cited 2,510×
    Kastigar v. United States
  22. January 11, 1972· cited 2,508×
    United States v. Tucker
  23. June 29, 1972· cited 2,202×
    Branzburg v. Hayes
  24. March 21, 1972· cited 2,034×
    Dunn v. Blumstein
  25. November 22, 1971· cited 1,968×
    Reed v. Reed
  26. January 12, 1972· cited 1,930×
    Lego v. Twomey
  27. February 24, 1972· cited 1,862×
    Papachristou v. City of Jacksonville
  28. March 22, 1972· cited 1,851×
    Eisenstadt v. Baird
  29. June 12, 1972· cited 1,751×
    Affiliated Ute Citizens of Utah v. United States
  30. December 20, 1971· cited 1,739×
    United States v. Bass
  31. June 19, 1972· cited 1,683×
    United States v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
  32. January 13, 1972· cited 1,621×
    California Motor Transport Co. v. Trucking Unlimited
  33. June 26, 1972· cited 1,516×
    Police Dept. of Chicago v. Mosley
  34. March 23, 1972· cited 1,392×
    Gooding v. Wilson
  35. December 14, 1971· cited 1,338×
    North Carolina v. Rice
  36. March 21, 1972· cited 1,324×
    Schneble v. Florida
  37. February 24, 1972· cited 1,313×
    Bullock v. Carter
  38. June 7, 1972· cited 1,284×
    Jackson v. Indiana
  39. June 26, 1972· cited 1,272×
    Laird v. Tatum
  40. June 12, 1972· cited 1,156×
    Colten v. Kentucky
  41. June 19, 1972· cited 1,135×
    Mitchum v. Foster
  42. June 12, 1972· cited 1,122×
    Moose Lodge No. 107 v. Irvis
  43. May 22, 1972· cited 1,080×
    Johnson v. Louisiana
  44. June 29, 1972· cited 952×
    Kleindienst v. Mandel
  45. November 8, 1971· cited 948×
    Superintendent of Insurance of New York v. Bankers Life & Casualty Co.
  46. May 15, 1972· cited 945×
    United States v. Biswell
  47. February 23, 1972· cited 901×
    Lindsey v. Normet
  48. April 3, 1972· cited 889×
    Alexander v. Louisiana
  49. January 17, 1972· cited 867×
    Trbovich v. United Mine Workers
  50. May 22, 1972· cited 853×
    Apodaca v. Oregon
  51. October 12, 1971· cited 827×
    Jenness v. Fortson
  52. June 22, 1972· cited 824×
    Milton v. Wainwright
  53. April 24, 1972· cited 801×
    Weber v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.
  54. January 17, 1972· cited 798×
    Love v. Pullman Co.
  55. March 29, 1972· cited 788×
    United States v. Topco Associates, Inc.
  56. March 22, 1972· cited 784×
    Humphrey v. Cady
  57. June 29, 1972· cited 778×
    Gravel v. United States
  58. December 14, 1971· cited 770×
    WILWORDING Et Al. v. SWENSON, WARDEN
  59. December 8, 1971· cited 768×
    Allied Chemical & Alkali Workers of America, Local Union No. 1 v. Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co.
  60. December 13, 1971· cited 727×
    Britt v. North Carolina
  61. June 26, 1972· cited 723×
    Healy v. James
  62. June 26, 1972· cited 704×
    Mancusi v. Stubbs
  63. May 15, 1972· cited 697×
    National Labor Relations Board v. Burns International Security Services, Inc.
  64. March 1, 1972· cited 658×
    Hawaii v. Standard Oil Co. of Cal.
  65. June 22, 1972· cited 657×
    Peters v. Kiff
  66. April 24, 1972· cited 648×
    Lynch v. Household Finance Corp.
  67. June 26, 1972· cited 632×
    Police Department of Chicago v. Mosley
  68. November 22, 1971· cited 630×
    Richardson v. Belcher
  69. May 30, 1972· cited 623×
    Lake Carriers' Assn. v. MacMullan
  70. May 26, 1972· cited 611×
    Lloyd Corp. v. Tanner
  71. April 24, 1972· cited 610×
    Illinois v. City of Milwaukee
  72. June 7, 1972· cited 601×
    Brooks v. Tennessee
  73. February 24, 1972· cited 590×
    D. H. Overmyer Co., Inc. of Ohio v. Frick Co.
  74. May 15, 1972· cited 565×
    Andrews v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad
  75. March 1, 1972· cited 553×
    Federal Trade Commission v. Sperry & Hutchinson Co.
  76. June 29, 1972· cited 538×
    United States v. Brewster
  77. June 26, 1972· cited 498×
    Gelbard v. United States
  78. December 13, 1971· cited 487×
    Mayer v. City of Chicago
  79. March 22, 1972· cited 474×
    Loper v. Beto
  80. April 18, 1972· cited 445×
    Grubbs v. General Electric Credit Corp.
  81. December 20, 1971· cited 400×
    Townsend v. Swank
  82. May 22, 1972· cited 389×
    Caplin v. Marine Midland Grace Trust Co. of New York
  83. April 3, 1972· cited 382×
    Carter v. Stanton
  84. June 19, 1972· cited 379×
    Shadwick v. City of Tampa
  85. December 13, 1971· cited 368×
    Victory Carriers, Inc. v. Law
  86. October 12, 1971· cited 363×
    Palmer v. Thompson
  87. February 23, 1972· cited 351×
    Parisi v. Davidson
  88. May 22, 1972· cited 347×
    Zicarelli v. New Jersey State Commission of Investigation
  89. March 27, 1972· cited 341×
    United States v. Generes
  90. March 6, 1972· cited 312×
    Adams v. Illinois
  91. January 10, 1972· cited 300×
    Securities & Exchange Commission v. Medical Committee for Human Rights
  92. May 22, 1972· cited 291×
    Follette v. Burgos
  93. June 12, 1972· cited 286×
    James v. Strange
  94. June 22, 1972· cited 278×
    Wright v. Council of Emporia
  95. June 19, 1972· cited 277×
    Flood v. Kuhn
  96. June 7, 1972· cited 269×
    United States v. Allegheny-Ludlum Steel Corp.
  97. June 12, 1972· cited 268×
    Ivan v. v. City of New York
  98. June 7, 1972· cited 263×
    Federal Power Commission v. Louisiana Power & Light Co.
  99. February 22, 1972· cited 258×
    Schilb v. Kuebel
  100. January 10, 1972· cited 249×
    Diffenderfer v. Central Baptist Church of Miami, Florida, Inc.

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