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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1976

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1976 (October 1, 1976 to September 30, 1977), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 1,241 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (1,241 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. November 30, 1976· cited 28,035×
    Estelle v. Gamble
  2. January 11, 1977· cited 7,445×
    Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. Doyle
  3. June 23, 1977· cited 6,068×
    Wainwright v. Sykes
  4. June 16, 1977· cited 5,119×
    Manson v. Brathwaite
  5. May 31, 1977· cited 4,895×
    International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. United States
  6. April 27, 1977· cited 4,812×
    Bounds v. Smith
  7. January 11, 1977· cited 4,496×
    Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp.
  8. October 4, 1976· cited 4,303×
    Stone v. Powell
  9. June 20, 1977· cited 4,065×
    Hunt v. Washington State Apple Advertising Commission
  10. February 23, 1977· cited 3,951×
    Califano v. Sanders
  11. May 2, 1977· cited 3,882×
    Blackledge v. Allison
  12. June 16, 1977· cited 3,552×
    Brown v. Ohio
  13. June 24, 1977· cited 2,976×
    Shaffer v. Heitner
  14. April 19, 1977· cited 2,975×
    Ingraham v. Wright
  15. June 17, 1977· cited 2,751×
    Patterson v. New York
  16. January 25, 1977· cited 2,680×
    Oregon v. Mathiason
  17. May 16, 1977· cited 2,626×
    Brewer v. Williams
  18. June 21, 1977· cited 2,561×
    United States v. Chadwick
  19. June 9, 1977· cited 2,295×
    Abney v. United States
  20. October 4, 1976· cited 2,202×
    National Hockey League v. Metropolitan Hockey Club, Inc.
  21. December 20, 1976· cited 2,156×
    Craig v. Boren
  22. January 25, 1977· cited 2,155×
    Brunswick Corp. v. Pueblo Bowl-O-Mat, Inc.
  23. March 1, 1977· cited 2,149×
    Marks v. United States
  24. March 22, 1977· cited 1,935×
    Gardner v. Florida
  25. May 31, 1977· cited 1,904×
    Moore v. City of East Cleveland
  26. February 22, 1977· cited 1,807×
    Weatherford v. Bursey
  27. February 22, 1977· cited 1,722×
    Whalen v. Roe
  28. June 17, 1977· cited 1,651×
    Dobbert v. Florida
  29. May 16, 1977· cited 1,629×
    Henderson v. Kibbe
  30. June 23, 1977· cited 1,564×
    Jones v. North Carolina Prisoners' Labor Union, Inc.
  31. March 23, 1977· cited 1,507×
    Castaneda v. Partida
  32. April 4, 1977· cited 1,460×
    United States v. Martin Linen Supply Co.
  33. May 16, 1977· cited 1,459×
    Jones v. Rath Packing Co.
  34. October 4, 1976· cited 1,457×
    Young v. American Mini Theatres, Inc.
  35. October 4, 1976· cited 1,453×
    United States v. Janis
  36. May 31, 1977· cited 1,404×
    United Air Lines, Inc. v. Evans
  37. November 15, 1976· cited 1,394×
    Moody v. Daggett
  38. June 28, 1977· cited 1,340×
    Nixon v. Administrator of General Services
  39. April 20, 1977· cited 1,253×
    Wooley v. Maynard
  40. April 27, 1977· cited 1,245×
    United States Trust Co. of NY v. New Jersey
  41. June 29, 1977· cited 1,233×
    Coker v. Georgia
  42. May 31, 1977· cited 1,222×
    East Texas Motor Freight System, Inc. v. Rodriguez
  43. June 23, 1977· cited 1,218×
    Continental T. v. Inc. v. GTE Sylvania Inc.
  44. March 23, 1977· cited 1,218×
    Santa Fe Industries, Inc. v. Green
  45. March 22, 1977· cited 1,215×
    Juidice v. Vail
  46. April 18, 1977· cited 1,211×
    Complete Auto Transit, Inc. v. Brady
  47. November 1, 1976· cited 1,189×
    Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Bagamasbad
  48. June 9, 1977· cited 1,185×
    Carey v. Population Services International
  49. June 27, 1977· cited 1,173×
    Abood v. Detroit Board of Education
  50. December 7, 1976· cited 1,138×
    General Electric Co. v. Gilbert
  51. June 27, 1977· cited 1,131×
    Hazelwood School District v. United States
  52. October 4, 1976· cited 1,118×
    Serbian Eastern Orthodox Diocese for United States and Canada v. Milivojevich
  53. June 27, 1977· cited 1,095×
    Dothard v. Rawlinson
  54. June 13, 1977· cited 1,061×
    Smith v. Organization of Foster Families for Equality & Reform
  55. June 27, 1977· cited 1,041×
    Milliken v. Bradley
  56. February 22, 1977· cited 902×
    Codd v. Velger
  57. June 16, 1977· cited 879×
    Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Hardison
  58. April 26, 1977· cited 821×
    Fiallo Ex Rel. Rodriguez v. Bell
  59. June 13, 1977· cited 805×
    United States v. Larionoff
  60. October 12, 1976· cited 802×
    Roberts v. Louisiana
  61. June 16, 1977· cited 764×
    Jeffers v. United States
  62. June 20, 1977· cited 748×
    Maher v. Roe
  63. March 7, 1977· cited 743×
    Farmer v. United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America, Local 25
  64. February 23, 1977· cited 704×
    Piper v. Chris-Craft Industries, Inc.
  65. June 20, 1977· cited 701×
    Occidental Life Insurance v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
  66. April 26, 1977· cited 698×
    Trimble v. Gordon
  67. June 20, 1977· cited 693×
    Batterton v. Francis
  68. January 12, 1977· cited 680×
    G. M. Leasing Corp. v. United States
  69. June 6, 1977· cited 663×
    United States v. Ramsey
  70. June 21, 1977· cited 657×
    Miree v. DeKalb County
  71. June 29, 1977· cited 618×
    Harris v. Oklahoma
  72. May 31, 1977· cited 606×
    Trainor v. Hernandez
  73. June 13, 1977· cited 598×
    Lefkowitz v. Cunningham
  74. April 25, 1977· cited 595×
    Nolde Bros., Inc. v. Local No. 358, Bakery & Confectionery Workers Union
  75. May 16, 1977· cited 589×
    Dixon v. Love
  76. June 17, 1977· cited 586×
    Hankerson v. North Carolina
  77. June 6, 1977· cited 579×
    Scarborough v. United States
  78. June 20, 1977· cited 526×
    United Airlines, Inc. v. McDonald
  79. October 12, 1976· cited 509×
    United States v. Pomponio
  80. March 22, 1977· cited 503×
    Swain v. Pressley
  81. May 2, 1977· cited 471×
    Linmark Associates, Inc. v. Township of Willingboro
  82. June 17, 1977· cited 464×
    Northeast Marine Terminal Co. v. Caputo
  83. June 13, 1977· cited 449×
    Lee v. United States
  84. June 16, 1977· cited 444×
    Mandel v. Bradley
  85. March 23, 1977· cited 444×
    Atlas Roofing Co. v. Occupational Safety and Health Review Comm'n
  86. June 27, 1977· cited 432×
    Dayton Board of Education v. Brinkman
  87. June 28, 1977· cited 426×
    Zacchini v. Scripps-Howard Broadcasting Co.
  88. December 20, 1976· cited 415×
    International Union of Electrical, Radio & MacHine Workers v. Robbins & Myers, Inc.
  89. October 12, 1976· cited 406×
    United States v. Dieter
  90. January 18, 1977· cited 403×
    United States v. Donovan
  91. May 31, 1977· cited 398×
    Ohio Bureau of Employment Services v. Hodory
  92. June 20, 1977· cited 390×
    Beal v. Doe
  93. October 18, 1976· cited 390×
    Standard Oil Co. of Cal. v. United States
  94. January 12, 1977· cited 387×
    Boston Stock Exchange v. State Tax Commission
  95. March 2, 1977· cited 384×
    Califano v. Goldfarb
  96. June 23, 1977· cited 379×
    Puyallup Tribe, Inc. v. Department of Game of Washington
  97. December 13, 1976· cited 372×
    Mathews v. De Castro
  98. December 8, 1976· cited 367×
    City of Madison Joint School District No. 8 v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission
  99. March 1, 1977· cited 364×
    United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburgh, Inc. v. Carey
  100. May 31, 1977· cited 363×
    Connor v. Finch

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