Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1981
Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1981 (October 1, 1981 to September 30, 1982), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 1,280 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (1,280 with at least one citation, 0 with a syllabus, counted separately); up to 100 of them, ordered by citation count, are listed below.
- June 24, 1982· cited 22,846×Harlow v. Fitzgerald
- February 22, 1982· cited 9,761×Santosky v. Kramer
- March 8, 1982· cited 5,808×Rose v. Lundy
- May 24, 1982· cited 5,791×United States v. Frady
- December 14, 1981· cited 4,924×Polk County v. Dodson
- January 12, 1982· cited 4,651×Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Inc.
- June 25, 1982· cited 4,631×Lugar v. Edmondson Oil Co.
- January 25, 1982· cited 4,581×Piper Aircraft Co. v. Reyno
- June 14, 1982· cited 4,068×General Telephone Co. of Southwest v. Falcon
- June 7, 1982· cited 3,796×Tibbs v. Florida
- June 21, 1982· cited 3,714×Engle v. Isaac
- March 3, 1982· cited 3,694×Hoffman Estates v. Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc.
- February 22, 1982· cited 3,512×Smith v. Phillips
- June 1, 1982· cited 3,488×Insurance Corp. of Ireland v. Compagnie Des Bauxites De Guinee
- January 19, 1982· cited 3,271×Eddings v. Oklahoma
- June 21, 1982· cited 3,061×Middlesex County Ethics Committee v. Garden State Bar Ass'n
- February 24, 1982· cited 2,939×Zipes v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.
- June 28, 1982· cited 2,878×Board of Education of the Hendrick Hudson Central School District v. Rowley Ex Rel. Rowley
- March 2, 1982· cited 2,744×Logan v. Zimmerman Brush Co.
- September 9, 1982· cited 2,739×Plyler v. Doe
- July 2, 1982· cited 2,505×New York v. Ferber
- June 18, 1982· cited 2,433×Youngberg v. Romeo Ex Rel. Romeo
- April 27, 1982· cited 2,420×Pullman-Standard v. Swint
- July 2, 1982· cited 2,349×Enmund v. Florida
- May 17, 1982· cited 2,347×Kremer v. Chemical Construction Corp.
- June 25, 1982· cited 2,224×Blum v. Yaretsky
- May 24, 1982· cited 2,097×Oregon v. Kennedy
- February 24, 1982· cited 1,974×Havens Realty Corp. v. Coleman
- June 21, 1982· cited 1,854×Patsy v. Board of Regents of Fla.
- April 27, 1982· cited 1,831×Weinberger v. Romero-Barcelo
- June 25, 1982· cited 1,826×Rendell-Baker v. Kohn
- April 26, 1982· cited 1,805×Murphy v. Hunt
- June 28, 1982· cited 1,769×Fidelity Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. De La Cuesta
- January 11, 1982· cited 1,631×Boag v. MacDougall
- June 18, 1982· cited 1,581×United States v. Goodwin
- June 30, 1982· cited 1,579×Griffin v. Oceanic Contractors, Inc.
- June 30, 1982· cited 1,570×Loretto v. Teleprompter Manhattan CATV Corp.
- June 23, 1982· cited 1,561×Globe Newspaper Co. v. Superior Court, County of Norfolk
- July 2, 1982· cited 1,404×United States v. Valenzuela-Bernal
- June 1, 1982· cited 1,327×Inwood Laboratories, Inc. v. Ives Laboratories, Inc.
- April 19, 1982· cited 1,321×White v. New Hampshire Department of Employment Security
- December 8, 1981· cited 1,319×Widmar v. Vincent
- February 23, 1982· cited 1,119×City of Mesquite v. Aladdin's Castle, Inc.
- June 29, 1982· cited 1,067×General Building Contractors Assn., Inc. v. Pennsylvania
- June 21, 1982· cited 1,037×United States v. Johnson
- June 24, 1982· cited 972×Nixon v. Fitzgerald
- March 31, 1982· cited 917×United States v. MacDonald
- April 5, 1982· cited 841×American Tobacco Co. v. Patterson
- June 7, 1982· cited 826×Larson v. Valente
- March 22, 1982· cited 815×Hutto v. Davis
- July 1, 1982· cited 804×Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan
- June 23, 1982· cited 795×Edgar v. Mite Corp.
- May 17, 1982· cited 791×United States Department of State v. Washington Post Co.
- May 24, 1982· cited 788×Federal Bureau of Investigation v. Abramson
- September 9, 1982· cited 772×Clements v. Fashing
- November 10, 1981· cited 770×Federal Election Commission v. Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
- June 28, 1982· cited 768×Ford Motor Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- May 3, 1982· cited 759×Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. Curran
- March 23, 1982· cited 749×Fletcher v. Weir
- May 24, 1982· cited 715×Hopper v. Evans
- December 1, 1981· cited 712×Fair Assessment in Real Estate Assn., Inc. v. McNary
- June 21, 1982· cited 680×Blue Shield of Va. v. McCready
- October 19, 1981· cited 674×Duckworth v. Serrano
- June 21, 1982· cited 668×Connecticut v. Teal
- January 11, 1982· cited 659×Chardon v. Fernandez
- June 23, 1982· cited 633×Taylor v. Alabama
- July 1, 1982· cited 590×Alfred L. Snapp & Son, Inc. v. Puerto Rico Ex Rel. Barez
- January 25, 1982· cited 568×Merrion v. Jicarilla Apache Tribe
- March 22, 1982· cited 561×Wainwright v. Torna
- May 17, 1982· cited 553×North Haven Board of Education v. Bell
- January 12, 1982· cited 543×Texaco, Inc. v. Short
- June 28, 1982· cited 537×Union Labor Life Insurance v. Pireno
- June 18, 1982· cited 523×Arizona v. Maricopa County Medical Society
- January 11, 1982· cited 523×Leeke v. Timmerman
- June 18, 1982· cited 522×California v. Grace Brethren Church
- June 25, 1982· cited 518×Board of Ed., Island Trees Union Free School Dist. No. 26 v. Pico
- May 3, 1982· cited 490×Lane v. Williams
- June 30, 1982· cited 469×Lehman Ex Rel. Lehman v. Lycoming County Children's Services Agency
- January 25, 1982· cited 466×In re R. M. J.
- April 20, 1982· cited 463×Schweiker v. McClure
- June 14, 1982· cited 462×Zobel v. Williams
- June 28, 1982· cited 451×American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Inc. v. Hydrolevel Corp.
- September 9, 1982· cited 446×Federal Energy Regulatory Commission v. Mississippi
- December 14, 1981· cited 429×Harris v. Rivera
- June 14, 1982· cited 427×Cory v. White
- January 25, 1982· cited 400×In Re RMJ
- July 1, 1982· cited 399×Florida Department of State v. Treasure Salvors, Inc.
- May 17, 1982· cited 396×Greene v. Lindsey
- January 13, 1982· cited 394×Kaiser Steel Corp. v. Mullins
- March 24, 1982· cited 391×Underwriters National Assurance Co. v. North Carolina Life & Accident & Health Insurance Guaranty Ass'n
- June 28, 1982· cited 390×Michigan v. Thomas
- December 14, 1981· cited 388×Citizens Against Rent Control/Coalition for Fair Housing v. City of Berkeley
- January 13, 1982· cited 382×United States v. Vogel Fertilizer Co.
- January 13, 1982· cited 382×Washington v. Chrisman
- January 13, 1982· cited 379×Community Communications Co. v. City of Boulder
- June 15, 1982· cited 374×Sumitomo Shoji America, Inc. v. Avagliano
- June 28, 1982· cited 368×United States v. Hollywood Motor Car Co.
- March 1, 1982· cited 362×Bruschi v. United States
- April 5, 1982· cited 349×Mills v. Habluetzel
- May 17, 1982· cited 334×Finnegan v. Leu
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