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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1979

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1979 (October 1, 1979 to September 30, 1980), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 1,147 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (1,147 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. October 1, 1979· cited 79,490×
    Jackson v. Virginia
  2. January 21, 1980· cited 8,668×
    World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. v. Woodson
  3. April 15, 1980· cited 7,618×
    Payton v. New York
  4. June 30, 1980· cited 6,313×
    United States v. Mendenhall
  5. May 12, 1980· cited 5,571×
    Rhode Island v. Innis
  6. June 25, 1980· cited 5,425×
    Ohio v. Roberts
  7. May 12, 1980· cited 5,389×
    Cuyler v. Sullivan
  8. August 22, 1980· cited 3,232×
    United States v. Raddatz
  9. April 22, 1980· cited 2,910×
    Carlson v. Green
  10. May 27, 1980· cited 2,697×
    Gomez v. Toledo
  11. June 9, 1980· cited 2,564×
    Consumer Product Safety Commission v. GTE Sylvania, Inc.
  12. June 20, 1980· cited 2,526×
    Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. v. Public Service Commission
  13. November 28, 1979· cited 2,486×
    United States v. Kubrick
  14. June 23, 1980· cited 2,455×
    Roadway Express, Inc. v. Piper
  15. June 25, 1980· cited 2,425×
    Rawlings v. Kentucky
  16. March 18, 1980· cited 2,234×
    Rummel v. Estelle
  17. June 20, 1980· cited 2,209×
    Beck v. Alabama
  18. June 2, 1980· cited 2,083×
    Owen v. City of Independence
  19. January 21, 1980· cited 2,082×
    Ybarra v. Illinois
  20. July 2, 1980· cited 1,951×
    Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v. Virginia
  21. March 19, 1980· cited 1,936×
    United States Parole Commission v. Geraghty
  22. June 25, 1980· cited 1,890×
    Maine v. Thiboutot
  23. March 31, 1980· cited 1,881×
    Branti v. Finkel
  24. June 25, 1980· cited 1,879×
    United States v. Salvucci
  25. April 16, 1980· cited 1,789×
    Whalen v. United States
  26. March 25, 1980· cited 1,747×
    Vitek v. Jones
  27. October 1, 1979· cited 1,729×
    Fare v. Michael C.
  28. June 25, 1980· cited 1,718×
    Adams v. Texas
  29. June 30, 1980· cited 1,702×
    Harris v. McRae
  30. May 19, 1980· cited 1,672×
    Godfrey v. Georgia
  31. April 22, 1980· cited 1,545×
    Curtiss-Wright Corp. v. General Electric Co.
  32. November 13, 1979· cited 1,476×
    Transamerica Mortgage Advisors, Inc. v. Lewis
  33. November 27, 1979· cited 1,399×
    Perrin v. United States
  34. June 10, 1980· cited 1,359×
    Jenkins v. Anderson
  35. January 21, 1980· cited 1,333×
    United States v. Bailey
  36. March 3, 1980· cited 1,332×
    Martinez v. California
  37. June 10, 1980· cited 1,272×
    Agins v. City of Tiburon
  38. May 19, 1980· cited 1,250×
    Board of Regents of Univ. of State of NY v. Tomanio
  39. February 27, 1980· cited 1,217×
    Trammel v. United States
  40. June 19, 1980· cited 1,215×
    Illinois v. Vitale
  41. March 25, 1980· cited 1,151×
    United States v. Crews
  42. May 12, 1980· cited 1,115×
    Deposit Guaranty National Bank v. Roper
  43. June 30, 1980· cited 1,109×
    Reid v. Georgia
  44. June 9, 1980· cited 1,093×
    PruneYard Shopping Center v. Robins
  45. March 18, 1980· cited 1,089×
    Chiarella v. United States
  46. June 25, 1980· cited 1,087×
    Maher v. Gagne
  47. May 12, 1980· cited 1,072×
    General Telephone Co. of the Northwest, Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
  48. June 16, 1980· cited 1,013×
    United States v. Henry
  49. June 20, 1980· cited 986×
    Carey v. Brown
  50. August 22, 1980· cited 969×
    United States v. Ward
  51. August 11, 1980· cited 952×
    Hanrahan v. Hampton
  52. December 4, 1979· cited 940×
    Kaiser Aetna v. United States
  53. June 23, 1980· cited 939×
    Mohasco Corp. v. Silver
  54. April 14, 1980· cited 909×
    Village of Schaumburg v. Citizens for a Better Environment
  55. June 2, 1980· cited 904×
    Supreme Court of Virginia v. Consumers Union of the United States, Inc.
  56. February 19, 1980· cited 897×
    Boeing Co. v. Van Gemert
  57. August 11, 1980· cited 896×
    Anderson v. Charles
  58. February 20, 1980· cited 896×
    Ford Motor Credit Co. v. Milhollin
  59. March 3, 1980· cited 892×
    Kissinger v. Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
  60. March 3, 1980· cited 855×
    California Retail Liquor Dealers Assn. v. Midcal Aluminum, Inc.
  61. June 2, 1980· cited 848×
    Walker v. Armco Steel Corp.
  62. June 20, 1980· cited 838×
    Consolidated Edison Co. of New York v. Public Service Commission
  63. October 1, 1979· cited 833×
    Bellotti v. Baird
  64. July 2, 1980· cited 821×
    Fullilove v. Klutznick
  65. June 20, 1980· cited 793×
    Walter v. United States
  66. August 11, 1980· cited 785×
    United States v. Payner
  67. April 22, 1980· cited 783×
    City of Mobile v. Bolden
  68. June 27, 1980· cited 778×
    White Mountain Apache Tribe v. Bracker
  69. January 21, 1980· cited 772×
    Rush v. Savchuk
  70. June 2, 1980· cited 769×
    Aaron v. Securities & Exchange Commission
  71. June 16, 1980· cited 734×
    Bifulco v. United States
  72. April 15, 1980· cited 734×
    Roberts v. United States
  73. May 19, 1980· cited 732×
    Navarro Savings Assn. v. Lee
  74. June 30, 1980· cited 703×
    Nachman Corp. v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
  75. August 11, 1980· cited 702×
    Washington v. Confederated Tribes of the Colville Indian Reservation
  76. June 9, 1980· cited 693×
    Standefer v. United States
  77. August 11, 1980· cited 665×
    United States v. Havens
  78. April 28, 1980· cited 658×
    Marshall v. Jerrico, Inc.
  79. June 16, 1980· cited 641×
    Hicks v. Oklahoma
  80. May 19, 1980· cited 597×
    Busic v. United States
  81. November 27, 1979· cited 585×
    Andrus v. Allard
  82. June 16, 1980· cited 553×
    Baldasar v. Illinois
  83. June 9, 1980· cited 536×
    New York Gaslight Club, Inc. v. Carey
  84. January 8, 1980· cited 480×
    McLain v. Real Estate Board of New Orleans, Inc.
  85. June 9, 1980· cited 448×
    Lewis v. BT Investment Managers, Inc.
  86. April 14, 1980· cited 436×
    Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Liepelt
  87. June 9, 1980· cited 419×
    City of Rome v. United States
  88. July 2, 1980· cited 396×
    Industrial Union Dept., AFL-CIO v. American Petroleum Institute
  89. March 19, 1980· cited 395×
    Mobil Oil Corp. v. Commissioner of Taxes of Vt.
  90. June 23, 1980· cited 391×
    O'Bannon v. Town Court Nursing Center
  91. May 27, 1980· cited 382×
    Harrison v. PPG Industries, Inc.
  92. June 16, 1980· cited 377×
    Diamond v. Chakrabarty
  93. October 1, 1979· cited 372×
    Columbus Board of Education v. Penick
  94. June 19, 1980· cited 360×
    Reeves, Inc. v. Stake
  95. March 3, 1980· cited 352×
    United States v. Apfelbaum
  96. December 5, 1979· cited 345×
    Hudson v. Smith
  97. October 1, 1979· cited 342×
    Kentucky v. Whorton
  98. June 30, 1980· cited 334×
    United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians
  99. December 3, 1979· cited 330×
    LeDuc v. Florida
  100. May 27, 1980· cited 329×
    Andrus v. Glover Construction Co.

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