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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1975

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1975 (October 1, 1975 to September 30, 1976), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 1,203 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (1,203 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 24, 1976· cited 16,859×
    Mathews v. Eldridge
  2. January 14, 1976· cited 8,787×
    Mathews v. Weber
  3. July 22, 1976· cited 7,936×
    Gregg v. Georgia
  4. March 2, 1976· cited 7,274×
    Imbler v. Pachtman
  5. June 24, 1976· cited 6,537×
    United States v. Agurs
  6. March 24, 1976· cited 6,491×
    Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United States
  7. January 26, 1976· cited 5,802×
    Rizzo v. Goode
  8. February 27, 1976· cited 4,982×
    Buckley v. Valeo
  9. May 19, 1976· cited 4,836×
    Paul v. Davis
  10. June 17, 1976· cited 4,773×
    Doyle v. Ohio
  11. June 28, 1976· cited 4,553×
    Elrod v. Burns
  12. May 3, 1976· cited 3,918×
    United States v. Testan
  13. July 1, 1976· cited 3,831×
    Singleton v. Wulff
  14. June 25, 1976· cited 3,743×
    Meachum v. Fano
  15. June 1, 1976· cited 3,605×
    Simon v. Eastern Kentucky Welfare Rights Organization
  16. May 19, 1976· cited 3,533×
    Ernst & Ernst v. Hochfelder
  17. June 7, 1976· cited 3,450×
    Washington v. Davis
  18. July 6, 1976· cited 3,445×
    South Dakota v. Opperman
  19. June 10, 1976· cited 2,973×
    Bishop v. Wood
  20. July 2, 1976· cited 2,907×
    Woodson v. North Carolina
  21. June 14, 1976· cited 2,854×
    Kerr v. United States Dist. Court for Northern Dist. of Cal.
  22. December 9, 1975· cited 2,561×
    Michigan v. Mosley
  23. June 14, 1976· cited 2,447×
    TSC Industries, Inc. v. Northway, Inc.
  24. May 24, 1976· cited 2,355×
    Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, Inc.
  25. June 21, 1976· cited 2,305×
    Estelle v. Williams
  26. October 6, 1975· cited 2,263×
    United States v. Watson
  27. October 6, 1975· cited 2,261×
    Blue Chip Stamps v. Manor Drug Stores
  28. July 6, 1976· cited 2,153×
    United States v. Martinez-Fuerte
  29. April 20, 1976· cited 2,133×
    Baxter v. Palmigiano
  30. July 2, 1976· cited 2,034×
    Jurek v. Texas
  31. April 21, 1976· cited 2,033×
    Fisher v. United States
  32. June 25, 1976· cited 1,999×
    Massachusetts Board of Retirement v. Murgia
  33. June 1, 1976· cited 1,934×
    Brown v. General Services Administration
  34. April 21, 1976· cited 1,918×
    Department of the Air Force v. Rose
  35. June 25, 1976· cited 1,863×
    City of New Orleans v. Dukes
  36. May 24, 1976· cited 1,830×
    Hospital Building Co. v. Trustees of Rex Hospital
  37. July 22, 1976· cited 1,798×
    Proffitt v. Florida
  38. June 30, 1976· cited 1,758×
    Nebraska Press Assn. v. Stuart
  39. December 16, 1975· cited 1,702×
    Weinstein v. Bradford
  40. June 28, 1976· cited 1,679×
    Fitzpatrick v. Bitzer
  41. March 8, 1976· cited 1,492×
    United States v. Dinitz
  42. March 24, 1976· cited 1,479×
    Franks v. Bowman Transportation Co.
  43. June 25, 1976· cited 1,391×
    Runyon v. McCrary
  44. June 24, 1976· cited 1,382×
    United States v. Santana
  45. June 17, 1976· cited 1,382×
    Henderson v. Morgan
  46. March 3, 1976· cited 1,370×
    Hines v. Anchor Motor Freight, Inc.
  47. June 29, 1976· cited 1,306×
    Andresen v. Maryland
  48. June 25, 1976· cited 1,291×
    McDonald v. Santa Fe Trail Transportation Co.
  49. July 1, 1976· cited 1,262×
    Usery v. Turner Elkhorn Mining Co.
  50. June 1, 1976· cited 1,237×
    Mathews v. Diaz
  51. March 30, 1976· cited 1,182×
    Geders v. United States
  52. June 24, 1976· cited 1,143×
    National League of Cities v. Usery
  53. June 28, 1976· cited 1,141×
    Kleppe v. Sierra Club
  54. January 21, 1976· cited 1,066×
    Thermtron Products, Inc. v. Hermansdorfer
  55. July 1, 1976· cited 1,050×
    Planned Parenthood of Central Missouri v. Danforth
  56. October 6, 1975· cited 1,044×
    Goldfarb v. Virginia State Bar
  57. December 1, 1975· cited 1,036×
    Menna v. New York
  58. June 25, 1976· cited 1,017×
    Montanye v. Haymes
  59. April 21, 1976· cited 1,005×
    Beckwith v. United States
  60. March 23, 1976· cited 988×
    Liberty Mutual Insurance v. Wetzel
  61. June 1, 1976· cited 979×
    United States v. Orleans
  62. June 24, 1976· cited 947×
    Aldinger v. Howard
  63. April 27, 1976· cited 910×
    Hampton v. United States
  64. October 6, 1975· cited 908×
    United Housing Foundation, Inc. v. Forman
  65. March 24, 1976· cited 746×
    Greer v. Spock
  66. March 3, 1976· cited 720×
    Hudgens v. National Labor Relations Board
  67. April 27, 1976· cited 703×
    Moe v. Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation
  68. June 7, 1976· cited 674×
    Radzanower v. Touche Ross & Co.
  69. May 3, 1976· cited 650×
    Francis v. Henderson
  70. March 3, 1976· cited 642×
    Ristaino v. Ross
  71. June 10, 1976· cited 635×
    United States v. MacCollom
  72. March 2, 1976· cited 626×
    Time, Inc. v. Firestone
  73. June 29, 1976· cited 621×
    Mathews v. Lucas
  74. February 25, 1976· cited 608×
    De Canas v. Bica
  75. June 14, 1976· cited 605×
    Bryan v. Itasca County
  76. June 25, 1976· cited 600×
    Lodge 76, International Ass'n of MacHinists & Aerospace Workers v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission
  77. June 1, 1976· cited 586×
    Chandler v. Roudebush
  78. March 23, 1976· cited 531×
    Garner v. United States
  79. May 19, 1976· cited 525×
    United States v. Mandujano
  80. April 5, 1976· cited 518×
    Kelley v. Johnson
  81. November 17, 1975· cited 516×
    Rose v. Locke
  82. June 7, 1976· cited 497×
    Nader v. Allegheny Airlines, Inc.
  83. June 17, 1976· cited 493×
    Hortonville Joint School District No. 1 v. Hortonville Education Ass'n
  84. April 26, 1976· cited 483×
    Cali v. Japan Airlines Co.
  85. June 1, 1976· cited 463×
    Hampton v. Mow Sun Wong
  86. June 28, 1976· cited 457×
    Pasadena City Board of Education v. Spangler
  87. June 24, 1976· cited 454×
    Hughes v. Alexandria Scrap Corp.
  88. June 7, 1976· cited 449×
    Environmental Protection Agency v. California Ex Rel. State Water Resources Control Board
  89. June 17, 1976· cited 441×
    Examining Bd. of Engineers, Architects and Surveyors v. Flores De Otero
  90. May 19, 1976· cited 440×
    Hynes v. Mayor and Council of Oradell
  91. May 24, 1976· cited 428×
    Alfred Dunhill of London, Inc. v. Republic of Cuba
  92. April 19, 1976· cited 423×
    Aldens, Inc. v. Kane
  93. June 21, 1976· cited 417×
    Roemer v. Board of Public Works of Md.
  94. October 6, 1975· cited 411×
    Connell Construction Co. v. Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union No. 100
  95. December 1, 1975· cited 409×
    Texas v. White
  96. July 6, 1976· cited 383×
    Cantor v. Detroit Edison Co.
  97. June 1, 1976· cited 376×
    Train v. Colorado Public Interest Research Group, Inc.
  98. January 19, 1976· cited 368×
    United States v. Bornstein
  99. July 6, 1976· cited 367×
    Buffalo Forge Co. v. United Steelworkers
  100. April 5, 1976· cited 351×
    Fisher v. District Court of the Sixteenth Judicial District of Montana

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