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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1977

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1977 (October 1, 1977 to September 30, 1978), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 1,172 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (1,172 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 6, 1978· cited 41,449×
    Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.
  2. June 26, 1978· cited 8,679×
    Franks v. Delaware
  3. June 5, 1978· cited 5,547×
    Stump v. Sparkman
  4. July 3, 1978· cited 5,026×
    Lockett v. Ohio
  5. June 14, 1978· cited 4,912×
    Burks v. United States
  6. April 18, 1978· cited 4,546×
    Nixon v. Warner Communications, Inc.
  7. June 21, 1978· cited 3,849×
    Mincey v. Arizona
  8. March 21, 1978· cited 3,438×
    Carey v. Piphus
  9. June 29, 1978· cited 3,397×
    Butz v. Economou
  10. February 21, 1978· cited 3,383×
    Browder v. Director, Dept. of Corrections of Ill.
  11. June 21, 1978· cited 3,269×
    Coopers & Lybrand v. Livesay
  12. December 5, 1977· cited 3,269×
    Pennsylvania v. Mimms
  13. January 23, 1978· cited 3,039×
    Christiansburg Garment Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
  14. March 6, 1978· cited 2,683×
    Bordenkircher v. Hayes
  15. April 3, 1978· cited 2,478×
    Holloway v. Arkansas
  16. June 21, 1978· cited 2,475×
    Owen Equipment & Erection Co. v. Kroger
  17. June 29, 1978· cited 2,372×
    Furnco Construction Corp. v. Waters
  18. May 15, 1978· cited 2,370×
    Flagg Bros., Inc. v. Brooks
  19. April 3, 1978· cited 2,329×
    Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
  20. June 19, 1978· cited 2,321×
    Oppenheimer Fund, Inc. v. Sanders
  21. February 21, 1978· cited 2,314×
    Arizona v. Washington
  22. October 3, 1977· cited 2,170×
    United States v. Lovasco
  23. June 26, 1978· cited 1,936×
    Duke Power Co. v. Carolina Environmental Study Group, Inc.
  24. June 15, 1978· cited 1,928×
    Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill
  25. July 3, 1978· cited 1,914×
    Alabama v. Pugh
  26. June 28, 1978· cited 1,665×
    Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
  27. June 26, 1978· cited 1,640×
    Kulko v. Superior Court of Cal., City and County of San Francisco
  28. May 15, 1978· cited 1,620×
    Santa Clara Pueblo v. Martinez
  29. June 26, 1978· cited 1,598×
    Scott v. United States
  30. June 26, 1978· cited 1,551×
    First Nat. Bank of Boston v. Bellotti
  31. February 22, 1978· cited 1,535×
    Lorillard v. Pons
  32. May 23, 1978· cited 1,428×
    Marshall v. Barlow's, Inc.
  33. May 1, 1978· cited 1,419×
    Memphis Light, Gas & Water Division v. Craft
  34. May 31, 1978· cited 1,386×
    Michigan v. Tyler
  35. October 3, 1977· cited 1,382×
    Illinois Brick Co. v. Illinois
  36. June 14, 1978· cited 1,268×
    Greene v. Massey
  37. March 6, 1978· cited 1,234×
    Quilloin v. Walcott
  38. January 18, 1978· cited 1,224×
    Zablocki v. Redhail
  39. June 15, 1978· cited 1,149×
    National Labor Relations Board v. Robbins Tire & Rubber Co.
  40. October 3, 1977· cited 1,096×
    Bates v. State Bar of Arizona
  41. June 14, 1978· cited 1,095×
    Crist v. Bretz
  42. March 22, 1978· cited 1,076×
    United States v. Wheeler
  43. June 14, 1978· cited 1,038×
    Sanabria v. United States
  44. February 22, 1978· cited 925×
    Procunier v. Navarette
  45. March 1, 1978· cited 911×
    Board of Curators of the University of Missouri v. Horowitz
  46. May 15, 1978· cited 904×
    Bankers Trust Co. v. Mallis
  47. June 23, 1978· cited 899×
    City of Philadelphia v. New Jersey
  48. April 25, 1978· cited 898×
    National Society of Professional Engineers v. United States
  49. December 7, 1977· cited 871×
    United States v. New York Telephone Co.
  50. May 30, 1978· cited 844×
    Taylor v. Kentucky
  51. April 18, 1978· cited 810×
    Frank Lyon Co. v. United States
  52. July 3, 1978· cited 769×
    Jordan v. Arizona
  53. April 25, 1978· cited 734×
    City of Los Angeles Department of Water v. Manhart
  54. May 23, 1978· cited 731×
    United States v. Mauro
  55. May 31, 1978· cited 729×
    Robertson v. Wegmann
  56. June 26, 1978· cited 708×
    United States v. Grayson
  57. March 29, 1978· cited 703×
    City of Lafayette v. Louisiana Power & Light Co.
  58. May 15, 1978· cited 689×
    Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. San Diego County District Council of Carpenters
  59. February 28, 1978· cited 656×
    Simpson v. United States
  60. June 19, 1978· cited 615×
    United States v. LaSalle National Bank
  61. March 6, 1978· cited 588×
    Ray v. Atlantic Richfield Co.
  62. May 1, 1978· cited 585×
    Landmark Communications, Inc. v. Virginia
  63. May 22, 1978· cited 572×
    Slodov v. United States
  64. April 3, 1978· cited 541×
    Malone v. White Motor Corp.
  65. June 26, 1978· cited 511×
    Houchins v. KQED, Inc.
  66. March 6, 1978· cited 496×
    Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe
  67. June 23, 1978· cited 472×
    Will v. Calvert Fire Insurance
  68. January 17, 1978· cited 433×
    National Labor Relations Board v. Local Union No. 103, International Ass'n of Bridge, Structural & Ornamental Iron Workers
  69. June 21, 1978· cited 415×
    Zenith Radio Corp. v. United States
  70. October 3, 1977· cited 414×
    Stencel Aero Engineering Corp. v. United States
  71. June 12, 1978· cited 406×
    Federal Communications Commission v. National Citizens Committee for Broadcasting
  72. May 30, 1978· cited 401×
    In Re Primus
  73. May 23, 1978· cited 390×
    Baldwin v. Fish and Game Comm'n of Mont.
  74. October 3, 1977· cited 387×
    Vendo Co. v. Lektro-Vend Corp.
  75. May 15, 1978· cited 381×
    Securities & Exchange Commission v. Sloan
  76. March 22, 1978· cited 380×
    Lakeside v. Oregon
  77. November 7, 1977· cited 372×
    Rinaldi v. United States
  78. November 8, 1977· cited 366×
    Califano v. Jobst
  79. June 29, 1978· cited 360×
    St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance v. Barry
  80. June 22, 1978· cited 347×
    Parker v. Flook
  81. June 22, 1978· cited 346×
    Beth Israel Hospital v. National Labor Relations Board
  82. October 3, 1977· cited 346×
    Daley v. Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission of the Supreme Court of Illinois
  83. February 21, 1978· cited 341×
    Raymond Motor Transportation, Inc. v. Rice
  84. October 3, 1977· cited 335×
    Lowe v. Eugene Sand & Gravel, Inc.
  85. June 6, 1978· cited 324×
    Trans Alaska Pipeline Rate Cases
  86. March 21, 1978· cited 316×
    Ballew v. Georgia
  87. April 19, 1978· cited 299×
    McDaniel v. Paty
  88. June 22, 1978· cited 284×
    Wise v. Lipscomb
  89. July 3, 1978· cited 279×
    United States v. Moriani
  90. June 22, 1978· cited 270×
    Eastex, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
  91. June 21, 1978· cited 264×
    Gardner v. Westinghouse Broadcasting Co.
  92. June 22, 1978· cited 258×
    Hicklin v. Orbeck
  93. March 22, 1978· cited 251×
    Foley v. Connelie
  94. December 12, 1977· cited 251×
    United Air Lines, Inc. v. McMann
  95. July 3, 1978· cited 237×
    California v. United States
  96. December 6, 1977· cited 235×
    Nashville Gas Co. v. Satty
  97. October 3, 1977· cited 234×
    Getz v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States
  98. October 11, 1977· cited 226×
    Friedberg v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc.
  99. March 6, 1978· cited 222×
    United States v. Sheffield Bd. of Comm'rs
  100. February 10, 1978· cited 219×
    NEW MOTOR VEHICLE BOARD OF CALIFORNIA v. ORRIN W. FOX CO. Et Al.

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